Entries in 'David Israelite' (21)

The music industry has been closely watching the dispute between UMG and TikTok that emerged in the past week. Just ahead of the Grammy celebrations, UMG’s recordings were pulled ...

US music publishers have collectively filed a lawsuit against Twitter seeking damages of $250 million. In this case, the lawsuit claims the social media platform has enabled copyright infringement on ...

The Copyright Royalty Board has made a final ruling on royalties paid from streaming services in the US, following a long-running appeal. Although the decision has not been made public, ...

The Copyright Royalty Board in the US is set to approve a 32% increase in mechanical royalties for physical music and downloads. The proposed increase in songwriter and publisher royalties ...

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and Roblox have reached an agreement that settles any previous claims against the platform.  The agreement settles claims filed by NMPA members, offers an ...

BMG is eliminating a standard US record label deduction, the effect of which reduces the income of songwriters, composers and lyricists. Across the US industry, the various discounts and caps ...

TikTok and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) have announced the signing of a multi-year agreement. The deal covers TikTok’s past use of musical works and sets up a “forward-looking ...

NMPA president and CEO David Israelite has accused TikTok of copyright infringement in the US. Israelite has made public his concerns of “copyright theft” in a letter to Senator Marco ...

The US Copyright Office has accepted the submission for governance of the Music Modernisation Act’s Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) by the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), Songwriters Of North ...

Music publishers have launched a $150 million (£114m) copyright infringement lawsuit against fitness technology firm Peloton.  National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) members Downtown Music Publishing, Pulse Music Publishing, Ole, Peermusic, Ultra ...