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Tag: Copyright Royalty Board

Written by Editor CharlieJune 10, 2022June 13, 2022

@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).

Written by Chris CastleMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleMay 17, 2022May 17, 2022

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?

Written by Chris CastleMay 8, 2022May 8, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleMay 7, 2022

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.

Written by Chris CastleApril 11, 2022April 11, 2022

Songwriter Blood from a Digital Stone: How Unfrozen Mechanicals Should Affect Download Pricing

Apple and Amazon should increase prices for permanent downloads in line with unfrozen mechanicals.

Written by Editor CharlieApril 9, 2022April 11, 2022

Are you tired of winning yet? The legal bill for the Phonorecords III remand and other stories — Artist Rights Watch

Washington is the only place where losing is winning–are you tired of winning yet? The legal bill for the Phonorecords III remand and other stories — Artist Rights Watch

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 CastleOctober 30, 2021October 30, 2021

Evidence Mounts for Inflation Indexing for Songwriters

Government song rates must be indexed to inflation.

Written by Editor CharlieAugust 5, 2021

#FrozenMechanicals Crisis: Comments of @helienne Lindvall, @DavidCLowery and @TheBlakeMorgan to the Copyright Royalty Board

First and foremost, the problem with the CRB adopting the purported settlement as the law of the land is the appearance of the bootstrapping of a private deal among apparently related parties and the controlled opposition into rates and terms that apply to all songwriters in the world. 

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