on Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 04:05 AM Posted by: admin
An agreement between the National Association of Broadcasters ("NAB") and SoundExchange (royalty collectors) was reached February 17, 2009 covering the Internet streaming operations at several thousand NAB member stations, including those owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc. and CBS Corp. Stations that are not members of the broadcasters' group have the option of joining the agreement, according to the NAB. The stations will now pay $1.50 for every song heard by a thousand listeners in 2009, rising to $2.50 per 1,000 listeners in 2015.
This agreement comes several weeks after SoundExchange struck a similar deal with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Under that agreement, SoundExchange gets an upfront royalty payment of $1.85 million for streaming of sound recordings on numerous public radio web sites from Jan. 1, 2005, through Dec. 31, 2010.
on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 11:16 PM Posted by: admin
On Tuesday, January 6, 2009, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Virginia Hernandez Covington, ordered Tampa Bay Downs to pay the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), $90,000 in copyright statutory damages for using their music without a license. Additionally, Judge Covington granted a permanent injunction preventing Tampa Bay Downs from playing any ASCAP controlled compositions without permission. Covington also held Tampa Bay Downs president Stella Thayer responsible for the violations, saying she had the authority to supervise the racetrack's conduct. Apparently, Tampa Bay Downs did not comply with ASCAP's pre-suit notice to cease and desist playing its controlled compositions wthout license until after suit was filed.
on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 06:41 PM Posted by: admin
The Lord is my drummer, I shall not rush,
He maketh me to layout in tasteful places,
He leadeth me beside cool meter changes,
He restoreth my "one."
Yeah, man, though I read through the
trickiest of charts, I will fear no train wrecks,
For you are with it.
Your ride and your snare they comfort me,
You setteth up a solo for me
In the presence of mine guitarists,
You anointeth my lines with drive,
My groove overfloweth.
Surely good feel and swing will follow me
through all the tunes of each set,
And I will dwell in the pocket
the whole gig long.
Amen
on Friday, October 03, 2008 - 01:33 AM Posted by: admin
On October 2, 2008, the three member Copyright Royalty Board froze the digital download royalty rate due music publishers for donwloaded music for the next five years at 9.1 cents a song. The board also set the same rate for CDs and established a 24-cent rate for ringtones.
on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 07:43 PM Posted by: admin
In Washington on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, an agreement was reached between the Digital Media Assn., the National Music Publishers' Assn., the Recording Industry Assn. of America, the Nashville Songwriters Assn. International and the Songwriters Guild of America with respect to mechanical royalties for interactive streaming music and limited music downloads. However, the agreement did not address the controversial performance royalty for Internet radio.
on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 04:44 AM Posted by: elliot
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced on October 18, 2004. that it has reached a 1.7 billion dollar deal with the Radio Music License Committee to let stations simulcast their on-air content over the Internet.
on Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 05:30 AM Posted by: elliot
U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. dismissed a federal indictment of Jean Martignon, who runs a Manhattan mail-order and Internet business that sells bootleg recordings. The judge struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances. Cf. U.S. v. Moghadam, 175 F 3d 1269, 1272 (11th Cir. 1999).
on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 09:18 AM Posted by: elliot
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (TN) held digital sampling of a sound recording, no matter how minimal, constitutes copyright infringement. See Bridgeport Music, Inc. et al. v. Dimension Films et al.; Case Nos. 02-6521, 03-5738; September 7, 2004. Read the decision here.
Cf. Newton v. Diamond, Horowitz, and Yauch; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (CA), 349 F 3rd 591, Nov. 4, 2003. Read the decision here.
on Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 06:45 AM Posted by: elliot
Thomson and Fraunhofer, the companies that license and own the patents to MP3 digital music technology, are creating a new digital rights management add-on for the popular format, which should be available by the end of 2004.
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