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.”
Tag: Music Modernization Act
The DLC Finally Confirms (Sort of) How Much is in the MMA Black Box–Bigger than a bread box
We’ve all heard rumors about how much is in the “inception to date” black box at the digital music services. The main reason that nobody knows is another example of the dismal drafting of the Music Modernization Act. Wouldn’t you think that if the class actions against Spotify gave the insiders the leverage to negotiate […]
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 […]
Here Comes the New Dark Age: Blanket Licenses for Everything Based on MMA
Cory Doctorow has a post on the EFF’s Deep Thoughts…sorry…Deep Links blog that proposes “A Plan to Pay Artists.” MTP readers probably need no further information to know what’s coming next without even reading Mr. Doctorow’s post. It’s the old ISP licensing hash rehashed and served up as if nothing happened–but using The MLC as […]
Copyright Office Posts Four Proposed Rules for MLC
The Copyright Office has posted notices of proposed rules on four topics: Confidential information, royalty reporting by MLC, the transparency of the MLC, and the notices and reporting. Lots to drill down on, thanks to the Copyright Office for all the work on these which must have been a tremendous effort.
The Return of 100% Licensing and the Expansion of the Blanket License
Who can forget the nightmare of the Justice Department’s counterproductive flirtation with 100% licensing the last time the DOJ reviewed the consent decrees. (We covered the 100% licensing head fake in a podcast and a guide to 100% licensing.) Since then, the Congress passed the Music Modernization Act, which includes a massive overhaul of the mechanical […]
@musictechsolve: Defiance or Collaboration? The Role of the Presidential Signing Statement in MLC Board Appointments
[This post first appeared on MusicTech.Solutions] Even though they have a long history, Presidential Signing Statements are not exactly front and center in every civics class or constitutional public law class in America. You may be hearing about them for the first time now. But that doesn’t mean they have not been an important part […]
Should the Copyright Office’s Best Practices Shine Sunlight on the Unmatched?
The MMA is a litigation magnet because of its failure to mandate a wholistic solution to the controversial black box. There are two commercially available systems that can address the problem.
Guest Post: We are Not Blind to the Harsh Economic Realities of Streaming: An Interview with an Indie Publisher
This post is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place.
@musictechpolicy Podcast: Eight Mile Style Sues Spotify Under Music Modernization Act
Chris Castle discussion of Eight Mile Style lawsuit against Spotify under Music Modernization Act (driving with dogs series)
