Category archives: publishing

Two Words That No Music Supervisor Wants To Hear On Monday Morning

In this piece, Soundlounge CEO Ruth Simmons explains why hearing the two words ‘Soundalike’ and ‘Musicologist’ from now fills her with dread, and can often lead down a dangerously litigious path. ________________________ Guest post by Ruth Simmons of Synchblog ‘Soundalike’ and ‘Musicologist’. Two words that, as a Music Supervisor, generally…

Could more than $1bn in music publishing assets be sold this year?

Carlin Music and ole could be snapped up – and will Imagem enter the fray?
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Congress’ PROMOTE Act Grants Right To Pull Songs Off Radio, Since They’re Not Paying You Anyway

Congressmen Darryl Issa and Ted Deutch recently introduced the new bipartisan PROMOTE Act which, if passed, would grant owners of sound recording copyrights the exclusive right to prohibit the radio broadcast of said recordings. __________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle on Music Technology Policy Congressmen Darryl Issa and Ted Deutch…

ASCAP, SACEM, PRS Form IBM-Backed Blockchain Music Initiative To Improve Royalty Tracking

2017 is the year that Blockchain will become more of a tool than a theory. The technology, which allows seamless tracking of digital use has been called the savior of an industry where tractions yield only a fraction of a penny. Now, three of the world’s biggest collection societies have…

Major Scandal At The Copyright Office With $25 Million ‘Fake Budget’ Line Item

Documents were recently published exposing massive waste and incompetence at the Copyright Office. It seems the form Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, put in place a fake twenty-five million dollar budget line item, and then intentionally deceived congress about it. ________________________ Guest post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt On Monday,…

SOCAN set to join forces with reproduction rights body SODRAC

Move called ‘a proactive response to the transformation of the markets and modes of consumption of music’
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ASCAP Reports Record $1B Revenue Fueled By 41% Increase In Streaming Income

ASCAP has announced the collection of record-high revenues of $1.059 billion in 2016 and distributed more than $918 million to its songwriter, composer and music publisher members. Distributions were up 5.6% over the prior year. Revenues from ASCAP’s licensing efforts in the U.S. grew nearly 6% in 2016 to $759…