Honesty in Our Favor: HFA Loses Attempt to Exit Eight Mile Style Case–What implications for MLC?
Harry Fox Agency has a heavy burden in Eight Mile Style cases to prove they didn’t help Spotify cover up copyright infringement.
Hell Has Frozen Over: Apple Joins the Competition on Artist Royalty Payments with Some Good Karma
As an old sailing master once said, two boats on the water is a race. For once, the prize may be which streamery can treat artists better than their competitor.
What the MLC Can Learn from Orphan Works
“Reasonably diligent search” guidelines for orphan works shine a light on what is expected of streaming services hiding behind the MMA safe harbor giveaway.
COVID Misery Index Rent is Too Damn High Edition
Streaming royalties based on revenue are doomed to fall short until they include the value transfer in the share price.
Here to Help: Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operator’s Grant Portal is Still Down
The SBA SVOG applications are a disaster but rest assured–it’s Washington so no one will be held accountable.
SBA Inspector General Report: Serious Concerns About SBA’s Control Environment and the Tracking of Performance Results in the #SaveOurStages/Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
The SVOG program is turning into a classic Washington disaster.
Copyright Alliance CEO Issues Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Google v. Oracle
Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid warns that SCOTUS ruling in Google v. Oracle is bad for creators.
The Charlatan’s Bookends: The Inventor and WeWork
The Inventor and WeWork are two sides of the same coin–except the girl went to jail and the boy failed upward.
The Metadata Hot Potato: The MLC Enters the Jerry McGuire Reality
The MLC is in the Jerry McGuire phase–and on April 15, songwriters will say “show me the money.”
Speaking in Public: Copyright Office Black Box Roundtable
I will be on one of the black box roundtable panels hosted by the Copyright Office on March 25.
