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SoundExchange is paying more money year-on-year to artists and rights owners… According to a report by Billboard, SoundExchange is set to pay out $860 million in digital royalties this year. SoundExchange also reportedly paid out a similarly large amount last year – $803 million in total. All in all, not including this years contribution, the company claims that […]
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‘Stairway To Heaven’ case continues… Day-by-day the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case is getting more and more interesting – and there’s only been a few trial days at the Los Angeles federal court. But, the case took a slight spin when Page admitted that ‘Stairway to Heaven’ shares a similar chord sequence to the Mary Poppins song […]
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Spotify finally have Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool album they were waiting for… After much anticipation and early speculation, Radiohead’s ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ is finally available on Spotify. Today (June 17th) ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ made its way to the streaming platform, over a month after being available on nearly every other streaming service. Spotify only […]
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DMCA safe harbors apply to pre-1972 recordings, according to a Second Circuit ruling… Today (June 16th), The Second Circuit ruled that the DMCA’s safe harbors protect online hosts like YouTube, from liability of infringing content posted by users. This protection is also applied to pre-1972 recordings that are not covered by federal copyright law. Before 1972, federal law didn’t […]
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Tupac fans, the wait is nearly over… Today, is what would have been Tupac’s 45th birthday. To celebrate, a trailer for the long-awaited All Eyez on Me bioptic has aired. Hip Hop lovers have had the pleasure of watching Biggie’s Notorious, and NWA’s Straight Outta Compton. But, Tupac fans have had to wait a seriously long time for this movie. […]
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Spotify Free is the new radio. Now what? Spotify is facing relentless pressure to shut down its free access tier, based on industry concerns over low royalty payments. But Spotify is now distributing data showing that its free tier actually rivals the reach of most traditional radio stations. In major markets like New York, Los […]
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The ‘Stairway To Heaven’ case is now underway and it’s already got messy… Yesterday was Jimmy Page’s turn to take the stand in the ‘Stairway To Heaven’ case. Page’s core claim since the beginning has always been that he had never heard ‘Taurus’ – well not until recently anyway. According to Page he only heard […]
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Today, The Recording Academy has announced some changes that will impact the Grammy Award nominations in 2017. Not only will there be a reduction in the number of categories a member can vote in, but songs only available on streaming services can now be nominated for an award. So, artists like Chance the Rapper who […]
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Spotify is facing yet another lawsuit…but this time it’s over trademarks and patents. Today, a lawsuit was filed against Spotify by Post Media Systems LLC. Post Media claim that the streaming service breaches three United States patents. The alleged infringing trademarks are as follows; US 7069310 B1 – System and method for creating and posting media […]
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