No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Second Order Effects on Recordings of MLC’s Hunt for AI in Songs
There are–of course–second order effects of the Copyright Office guidance to MLC on AI.
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The Pyncheons’ Dilemma: Limiting the MLC’s AI “Emergency Enforcement Powers”
The Copyright Office “guidance” allowing the MLC to decide what is AI and what isn’t creates a host of problems, underpayments, and a classic boffin-driven train wreck.
@musictechpolicy Comment to Copyright Office on Termination, the Black Box and Lawlessness at MLC
Chris Castle’s comment to Copyright Office regarding MLC’s broken policy on termination.
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.
The Metadata Hot Potato: The MLC Enters the Jerry McGuire Reality
The MLC is in the Jerry McGuire phase–and on April 15, songwriters will say “show me the money.”
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 […]
When Do I Get Paid by The MLC?
Songwriters are beginning to realize that the government is forcing them to use The MLC, Inc. (financed by the streaming services) as their mechanical licensing collective for collecting and paying their mechanical royalties. So now they are asking questions about when and how that payment is to be made, among other things. The over arching […]
Copyright Office Regulates the MLC: Selected Public Comments on MLC Transparency: MediaNet
The wisest among us learn to use their portents well There’s no need to hurry, it’s all downhill to hell. From “Don’t Stand Still“, written by Original Snake Boy, performed by Guy Forsyth The Copyright Office has solicited comments on the transparency of The MLC and received quite a few well-thought out comments (if I […]
Copyright Office Regulates the MLC: Selected Public Comments on MLC Transparency: @zoecello
[Editor Charlie sez: The U.S. Copyright Office is proposing many different ways to regulate The MLC, which is the government approved mechanical licensing collective under MMA authorized to collect and pay out “all streaming mechanicals for every song ever written or that ever may be written by any songwriter in the world that is exploited […]
Copyright Office Regulates @MLC_US: Selected Public Comments on MLC Transparency: @KerryMuzzey
[Editor Charlie sez: The U.S. Copyright Office is proposing many different ways to regulate The MLC, which is the government approved mechanical licensing collective under MMA authorized to collect and pay out “all streaming mechanicals for every song ever written or that ever may be written by any songwriter in the world that is exploited […]
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