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News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

Tag: statutory licenses

Written by Chris CastleDecember 11, 2012December 11, 2012

Why Songwriters Can’t Audit Under the Statutory Mechanical Royalty License, or Shall We Rely on the Kindness of Strangers?

As most songwriters are aware, song licensing for digital music services is a mess, mostly due to the fact that digital services fail to follow the rules.  Well…not quite.  They follow the rules that suit them and fail to follow the rules when it doesn’t. (Remember–the statutory license is not just mechanical royalties for CDs, […]

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