I was struck by a continuing theme during the recent hearing on “Music Licensing Part One: Legislation in the 112th Congress” before the House IP Subcommittee (the “IRFA hearing”).  Mr. Chaffetz wants to do the right thing but he got some really bad advice.  There were flickers of connections between Mr. Chaffetz’ questions and other statements by the usual […]

Dear Colleague I am writing today to urge you to oppose The Internet Radio Fairness Act (IRFA), S. 3609. This bill would impose below-market rates for music creators when compensated by Internet radio companies for the use of their work. IRFA has attracted opposition from organizations on both sides of the political spectrum including the […]

In a classic example of the abuse of monopoly power, Google once again has demonstrated its “catch me if you can” corporate mantra with its highly subsidized YouTube video search platform.  This time it is with the accounting system for songwriters whose songs are used in YouTube videos. Recall that the music industry has been […]