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‘Happy Birthday to You’ is now in the Public Domain. Is ‘This Land Is Your Land’ next? Who exactly owns the rights to the classic folk song, “This Land Is Your Land?” According to The New York Times, apparently, you and me. Back in June, Brooklyn band Satorii filed a lawsuit against The Richmond Organization, […]
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The DMCA has been criticized as a cynical loophole to screw artists. But what if that isn’t true? Google, SoundCloud, YouTube, and others are routinely accused of exploiting a 1990s law to profit off of copyrights without paying for them, but now, the technology industry is challenging those accusations. The following guest post comes from […]
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German ruling, please come soon to the States… In a surprise ruling that’s bound to make many, many people happy, a German court has ruled that charging service fees just to print tickets at home should be outlawed. The German court handed the victory over to the consumer rights group North Rhine-Westphalian Consumer Association, or […]
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Jerry Heller, portrayed by Paul Giamatti, defending the original members of N.W.A against police harassment in Straight Outta Compton. Like rap music itself, the legacy of one of its biggest promoters, Jerry Heller, is also steeped in controversy and debate. Calling Jerry Heller a ‘pioneer’ of rap is enough to draw intense controversy, though his […]
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Pictured: Music Festival Fanny Packs from DMN sponsor Fanny Factory (buy online at www.fannyfactory.com). From fanny pack to flask: these are the essentials. Fact: Nothing comes close to a killer music festival. The art, the drinking, the dancing – all of it. And you and your squad want to look good while doing it, because […]
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Looks like Kickstarter provided enough Momentum for this series. After a successful Kickstarer campaign, it looks like “Momentum – The Series” is a go ahead. But what exactly is it about? The premise of Momentum starts off simple enough. Michael Morris is your average blue collar worker. He’s 24, he’s from a small town, and […]
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If Spotify crashed tomorrow and couldn’t deliver a single song, they’d still own more than $1 million in guaranteed payments to three major recording labels, according to financial data just published. Welcome to the murky — and extremely expensive — world of major label advances. On-demand streaming services Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Rhapsody, and others collectively paid […]
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It looks like a patent troll, acts like a patent troll, and sues like a patent troll… The following is a Digital Music News exclusive and breaking story. We’d like to thank the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Billboard, Forbes, and especially the New York Post for properly crediting DMN on their coverage of this […]
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Hello, and welcome back to this ongoing series on the mechanical license and royalties. In part one, we took a close look at the fundamental principles of what mechanical royalties are and how they work. In the second part, we jumped in right at the deep end to discuss mechanical royalty calculation for different use […]
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2 are better than 1. If one falls, the other can pick them right up. Try 212, then. Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke are currently appealing the ruling that ended with a very costly ruling against the artists. Now, it looks like they don’t have to go through it alone. In court documents obtained by […]
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