Skip to content
  • Is your band registered to vote?
  • Legal, Copyright and Comment Policy
  • Read Key Background Materials

Music Technology Policy

News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

Category: #brokenrecord

Written by Chris CastleOctober 29, 2022October 31, 2022

#DoubleStat: Songwriters Brace for the Real Trickle Down Royalty as Big Tech Advertising Revenue Tanks

#DoubleStat: Don’t get fooled by percentage of revenue deals you can’t control or even audit.

Written by Chris CastleOctober 9, 2022October 10, 2022

Will Sunlight Win at the Copyright Royalty Board in Big Tech’s Latest Credibility Debacle?

The Copyright Royalty Judges stand up to the most dangerous corporations in the world and demand transparency in streaming mechanical rate “settlements.”

Written by Chris CastleApril 17, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleMarch 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Copyright Royalty Judges Reject “Settlement” Extending Freeze on Physical Mechanicals

The Copyright Royalty Judges do justice and reject the extension of frozen rates.

Written by Chris CastleJuly 14, 2021

Press Release: House of Commons, Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee: New Report: Economics of music streaming

The UK Parliament Digital Culture Media & Sport Committee releases its barn burning report on the economics of streaming.

Written by Chris CastleJuly 11, 2021

@ashleyjanamusic’s Video Tells You All You Need to Know About Spotify’s Attitude Toward Artists

Spotify exec says come for the exposure, stay for the mansplaining.

Written by Chris CastleMay 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Must Watch: Björn Ulvaeus Emerges as a Leader for Songwriters (@CISACNews)

Björn Ulvaeus explains the current plight of songwriters in the streaming economy.

Written by Chris CastleNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020

UK Parliament’s Inquiry into the Economics of Streaming

Thanks to the #BrokenRecord campaign and especially Tom Gray of Gomez, the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee is conducing an inquiry into the economics of streaming.  (Attention Lindsay Graham and Jerry Nadler).  You can read about it here and consider giving evidence. Watch on Parliament TV: Economics of music streaming or […]

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Music Technology Policy
    • Join 1,570 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Music Technology Policy
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar