The publishing and songwriting community has already voiced its outrage over efforts by Spotify and other streaming services to overturn increases in US royalty rates. Now one of the ...
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has issued a point by point "fact check" of Spotify's explanation for its appeal against the Copyright Board's royalty rise.
In early 2018 the ...
President Donald Trump has finally done something the music industry approves of: he’s officially signed the Music Modernization Act into US law.
The bill – which will reform mechanical licensing ...
The music industry has applauded the passage of the Music Modernisation Act in the US Senate by unanimous consent. It now just awaits final reconsideration by the House of Representatives ...
The US Copyright Board’s decision to raise the US royalty rate for songwriters and publishers on on-demand subscription streaming services has been welcomed across the publishing biz.
The Copyright Royalty ...
Over the coming days, a panel of three copyright judges in Washington DC will hear proposals from stakeholders regarding the mechanical royalties paid to songwriters and publishers over the next ...
The US National Music Publishers’ Association and YouTube have reached an agreement that should solve the issue of unpaid royalties for musical works used in videos played on the video ...
Less than two weeks after the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, the divide between the creative community and the tech industry has surfaced in their ...
The ongoing dispute between Sony Music Entertainment and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) on the rate proceedings for mechanical royalties has finally come to a resolution.
The NMPA, the ...
The ongoing dispute between Sony Music Entertainment and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) on the rate proceedings for mechanical royalties has finally come to a resolution.
The NMPA, the ...