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.
Author: Chris Castle
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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