@GovAbbott’s @TXMusicOffice Releases Report of Texas Task Force on Concert Safety and Event Production Guide
The Texas Music Office report on concert safety is required reading for anyone in the concert business on either side of the stage.
Month: April 2022
The Central Bank Dilemma and Songwriter Cost of Living Increases
A deeper dive on the connection between quantitative easing, inflation, indexing and frozen mechanicals.
Please take Our Physical and Download Mechanical Royalty Rates Survey and Help Decide the New Rates!
A questionnaire from songwriter groups will help decide what the new mechanical rates should be.
Stay tuned for a songwriter royalty questionnaire!
We want to know what you think about songwriter royalties when the Copyright Royalty Judges unfreeze the frozen mechanicals! Watch this space!
Is Universal coming to the party on unfrozen mechanicals?
My oh, my. The rumor is that Universal will propose a 12¢ unfrozen rate on vinyl and CDs and 10¢ on downloads.
A Kitchen Table Solution for a Kitchen Table Problem: The Importance of the Consumer Price Index on Unfrozen Statutory License Rates For Physical and Downloads
Applying the Consumer Price Index to statutory mechanicals is the right thing to do because it is a kitchen table solution to a kitchen table problem.
Songwriter Blood from a Digital Stone: How Unfrozen Mechanicals Should Affect Download Pricing
Apple and Amazon should increase prices for permanent downloads in line with unfrozen mechanicals.
Are you tired of winning yet? The legal bill for the Phonorecords III remand and other stories — Artist Rights Watch
Washington is the only place where losing is winning–are you tired of winning yet? The legal bill for the Phonorecords III remand and other stories — Artist Rights Watch
Major Labels Pounce on Copyright Royalty Judges in Effort to Cram Down Frozen Rates
The major labels engage in pretzel logic to try to get the Copyright Royalty Judges to reverse themselves.
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