Price is Truth: Practical Knowledge for Independent Label Compliance with the New Mechanical Rates
A few ideas for indie labels to actually deal with the future increases in mechanical rates.
@davidclowery and @musictechpolicy Talk Copyright Royalty Board on Who Knew: The Smartest People in the Room
Chris and David discuss the state of play at the Copyright Royalty Board and how to support the Judges and make the CRB better (and a “union” for songwriters).
We Are the Bug: The Metaverse is Coming and the Zuckerbergs intend to dominate it
Mark Zuckerberg is building the bug-free infrastructure for the metaverse–inside your head. Remember–we are the bug.
Save the date: A2IM Indie Week Panel on the Impact on Indie Labels of Unfreezing Mechanicals
I’m speaking at Indie Week on the impact on indie labels of the CRB raising the statutory mechanical rate.
#StopCRBAbuse: Can Songwriters stop Big Tech from demanding your contracts and royalty earnings be handed over to them in Copyright Royalty Board?
If you’re not closely following the shenanigans at the Copyright Royalty Board, you may not be aware that your publishers are being retired to hand over your once-private royalty statements and contract to the legion of Big Tech lawyers. How can we stop them?
Series 3 of the @ArtistRights Watch Podcast is here! Nik Patel, @DavidCLowery, @MusicTechPolicy and @KCEsq Discuss The Future of Frozen Mechanicals — Artist Rights Watch
Kevin Casini, Chris Castle, David Lowery, Nik Patel talk about the Copyright Royalty Board’s rejection of the insider deal, new rate proposals and the way forward.
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.
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.
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