[A little context: The public comments on the majors’ proposed settlement at the Copyright Royalty Board that freezes mechanical royalties on vinyl and CDs are again attracting first rate reporting and arguments. Public comments are designed to help the Copyright Royalty Judges focus on important nuances before they tell us all what’s fair. Enter the […]
[A little context: As MTP readers will recall, the Copyright Royalty Board is in the middle of two (count ’em, two) simultaneous rate proceedings for the statutory mechanical royalty rates under the reliably absurd Section 115 of the Copyright Act. These two are styled “Phonorecords III” and “Phonorecords IV” respectively. Technically, Phonorecords III was appealed […]
The metaverse is the greatest assault on human dignity because Silicon Valley makes it so.
A 2019 study demonstrates a radical decline from vinyl’s peak to streaming low in the inflation-adjusted percentage of wages that consumers spend on music.
Government song rates must be indexed to inflation.
Universal steps up as WIPO’s first corporate sponsor for the “WIPO for Creators” program.
Why are we still arguing about a 2ยข royalty instead of a new numbering system?
The “Creative Survival Index” is a work in progress to find an index to measure the economic condition of creators.
September inflation tells songwriters to demand indexing for mechanicals at the Copyright Royalty Board.
When you look at the inflationary trend in the US economy, freezing mechanicals makes even less sense.
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