Songkick Fights Costly Delays In Live Nation Trial

As Live Nation's lawyers work to push back a trial with Songkick back two months, the latter company is doing its best to oppose the effort, claiming that it would. Continue reading

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Cinq Music Nabs $20 Million From GoDigital For Music Rights Acquisitions, International Expansion

Cinq Music has completed a $20 million Series B rounded funded by GoDigital Media. Cinq will use the funding to purchase music rights, both masters and publishing, and to further. Continue reading

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7 Ways To Actually Enjoy Putting Out Your Album

While an important component of most artists' musical career, releasing an album can be arduous and time consuming process, and with the wrong attitude it can become fairly miserable fairly. Continue reading

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Warner/Chappell Launches Copyright Claim Over YouTube Video Deliberately Featuring None Of Its Music

Taking proactive takedowns to soaring new heights, Warner/Chappell recently issued a copyright claim over a doctored Star Wars clip containing precisely none of  J. Williams' music – the absence of. Continue reading

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Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen Just Doesn’t Get It (Unless He Does?)

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen was recently quoted griping about how he is no longer making enough money from his recorded music, and although it's hard to feel too badly for. Continue reading

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21st Century Marketing Restriction: No AI Licensing [Chris Castle]

Besides deciding on revenue, marketing restrictions are one of the most important aspects of recording artist negotiations, but the rise of artificial intelligence is adding a new component to the. Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Hip Hop!

Looking back four decades to the genre's inceptions, SoundExchange celebrates the birth of hip hop, exploring how the artform was born at the hands of Clive Campbell, and how it. Continue reading

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Def Leppard Says Music Piracy Brings A Younger Audience To Its Shows

Given the numerous leg al altercations they've been enduring recently, it seems reasonable to suppose that Def Leppard would be upset about the piracy of their music, but apparently they're. Continue reading

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Does Sensenbrenner Bill Mean It’s Time For A Grand Jury? [David Lowery]

In what could be bad news for songwriters, digital music services are seeking to make it much hard for music creators to sue broadcaster and digital music services, requiring them. Continue reading

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7 Key Issues When Negotiating With A Music Producer

Regardless of which side of the board you're on, it's important to carefully negotiate a music production arrangement to the satisfaction of all parties involved, and it is recommended that. Continue reading

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