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.
Tag: Music Modernization Act
Questions on the MLC Tax Return and the Ghost of Jimmy Hoffa
There are some loose ends on the MLC’s first tax return.
Honesty in Our Favor: HFA Loses Attempt to Exit Eight Mile Style Case–What implications for MLC?
Harry Fox Agency has a heavy burden in Eight Mile Style cases to prove they didn’t help Spotify cover up copyright infringement.
What the MLC Can Learn from Orphan Works
“Reasonably diligent search” guidelines for orphan works shine a light on what is expected of streaming services hiding behind the MMA safe harbor giveaway.
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.”
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 […]
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