Should the Compulsory License be Re-Upped?
The compulsory license has passed its sell by date and should be abandoned–but carefully.
Category: Frozen Mechanicals
The Enemy Gets a Vote: How will Big Tech respond to “CRB Reform”?
Rather than open up the Copyright Act to potentially disastrous amendment by Big Tech, fix the CRB through voluntary agreements to bring more transparency and fairness.
CRB Reform: A longer table for songwriter rate negotiations, not a kid’s table
Beware of “reformers” bearing gifts. Reforming the CRB requires more voices at the negotiating table.
The Chesterton Fence and the Future of the Copyright Royalty Board
The establishment has seized the CRB reform bandwagon to make sure they still have jobs when the dust settles.
Applying a Cost of Living Adjustment to Streaming Mechanicals
Don’t believe them when they tell you that applying a COLA to streaming mechanicals–it’s easy.
No Hits, No Hit Records: The Streaming Mechanicals Poverty Program at the CRB
The compulsory mechanical is one of the best examples of the government increasing poverty through the destruction of human agency.
When Did Noah Build the Ark? Will there be sanctions for absurd delays at the Copyright Royalty Board?
The CRB should sanction capricious delays that keep songwriters from getting paid.
#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.
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.”
#DoubleStat: A Response to A2IM’s Objection to the New Statutory Mechanical Rates: Part 3
The third and final part of my critique of A2IM’s objection to the new physical rates.
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