Does the “Know Your Customer” Rule Apply to Songwriters?
Why don’t “Know Your Customer” rules apply to songwriters?
Category: Black Box Invasion
The Federal Reserve Raises the Interest Rate for the MLC’s Black Box in Good News for Songwriters
Black box interest rates on the $500,000,000 MLC unmatched money just moved from 0.44% to 2.84% and will go higher.
Speaking in Public: Copyright Office Black Box Roundtable
I will be on one of the black box roundtable panels hosted by the Copyright Office on March 25.
CMU, the Black Box, Enron and the MMA
The recent $424 million black box distribution may be the start of a massive fraud case.
Black Box Invasion: The Implications of The MLC’s $424 Million Black Box
The Circular Awards Ceremony has begun anew and the corporate media wants someone to adore, dang it! Cue “It’s a Pleasure Being Sad.” The MLC received $424 million of “inception to date black box” as required by the statute enacted October 18, 2019. It didn’t just happen by accident that most DSPs paid the money […]
The False Double Payment Bottom of the MMA Black Box
The Dog Who Didn’t Bark On the Mirror There seems to be some concern about pre-MMA confidential lump sum payments of accrued black box monies under direct licenses or settlement agreements. Services are promoting the idea that these payments must be deducted from the cumulative black box payments required for services to get the benefit of […]
MLC Black Box Invasion: Transparency for the “Interim Application of Accrued Royalties”
[Editor Charlie sez: This post is a version of Chris Castle’s comment in the current Copyright Office rulemaking on the transparency of the MLC and originally appeared on The Trichordist.] By Chris Castle Just when you think you understand Title I of the Music Modernization Act, another toad runs out from under a rock. My nickname […]
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