Save the date: A2IM Indie Week Panel on the Impact on Indie Labels of Unfreezing Mechanicals
I’m speaking at Indie Week on the impact on indie labels of the CRB raising the statutory mechanical rate.
Month: May 2022
#StopCRBAbuse: Can Songwriters stop Big Tech from demanding your contracts and royalty earnings be handed over to them in Copyright Royalty Board?
If you’re not closely following the shenanigans at the Copyright Royalty Board, you may not be aware that your publishers are being retired to hand over your once-private royalty statements and contract to the legion of Big Tech lawyers. How can we stop them?
Series 3 of the @ArtistRights Watch Podcast is here! Nik Patel, @DavidCLowery, @MusicTechPolicy and @KCEsq Discuss The Future of Frozen Mechanicals — Artist Rights Watch
Kevin Casini, Chris Castle, David Lowery, Nik Patel talk about the Copyright Royalty Board’s rejection of the insider deal, new rate proposals and the way forward.
What are DSPs hiding from royalty audits?
DSPs going out of their way to use CRB to take advantage of the “protections” from royalty audits they wrote into the Music Modernization Act over the heads of the lobbyists.
Google’s Shameful Bullying Tactics on Display Again in Copyright Royalty Board
Google is getting millions of pages of songwriter royalty statements to “test” whether songwriters have been screwed by Big Tech. Who wants to bet they never read a word of it?
More Bizarre Goings On At the Copyright Royalty Board, this time with additional Google, fava beans and a fine Chianti
Google lawyers dining out on songwriter misery yet again.
BMG STATEMENT ON PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ON US MECHANICAL ROYALTY RATES
BMG’s statement highlights just how disillusioned at least one NMPA board member is with the organization.
A new proposal for songwriters in the Imperial City
The real heroes and villains in the frozen mechanicals debacle.
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