Songwriting & Music Publishing

YouTube Buries Hatchet With GEMA, Meaning Germany Can Watch Videos Again

Germany's citizens can once again watch YouTube to their hearts content. After years of conflict between everyone's favorite video sharing site and the German collection society GEMA, it appears the dust. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/03/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Associated Press, Berlin, Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, Eastern Time Zone, Facebook, Germany, music video, Reuters, Streaming media, YouTube

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Librarian Of Congress Fails To Alert Oversight Committees Of Massive Abuse Of Copyright Loophole By Google, Amazon [Op-Ed]

Owing to a convenient loophole, Google and Amazon are enjoying selling off the world's music without the inconvenience of having to pay royalties to songwriters. This recent exploitation comes partly,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/02/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Business Insider, copyright, Copyright registration, Google, Library of Congress, record label, SoundExchange, United States, United States Copyright Office, World War II

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Sony Music Settles Months Long Dispute With Songwriting Community

A joint agreement filed with the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board effectively ends a months long dispute between songwriters and Sony Music Entertainment.

Bruce Houghton on 11/02/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Doug Morris, Dr. Luke, Kemosabe Records, Kesha, music industry, Nashville Songwriters Association International, National Music Publishers’ Association, Nazism, Sony, Sony Music Entertainment

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The Time Has Come For Facebook To Accept Songwriters’ Friend Request [David Israelite]

As Facebook has grown and developed, on the video side of things in particular, the time has come for the popular social networking platform to become properly licenesed, lest it risk. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele, Autonomous sensory meridian response, Charlie the Unicorn, Digital video recorder, Facebook, music video, Spotify, Streaming media, Vevo, YouTube

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Shunned By Radio, Hard Rock Is Still Alive And Well In America

In this piece Glenn Peoples looks at hard rock and metal's roll in the industry, for although the style of music has little to no prevalence on commercial radio, new. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Air instrument, Alternative metal, Arena rock, Atlantic Records, Barcelona, Battle of Bands, BMG Rights Management, Hard rock, Rock music, Warner Music Group

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Sony/ATV, Warner Chappell, Kobalt Beat Universal, BMG In New Music Publisher Ranking

Sony/ATV, Warner Chappell and indie Kobalt were named the top 3 music publishers in Billboard's new market share ranking. Much of Sony's success comes thanks to Sia's "Cheap Thrills," the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/31/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Justin Bieber, Michael Jackson, music industry, Sony, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, YouTube

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Hollywood Back In Court: How Have Spinal Tap Creators Earned Only $81 In Merch Sales?

Hollywood has had a long tradition of avoiding paying royalties by claiming movies are "not profitable" as the result of an accounting loophole. This has resulted in a number of. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Christopher Guest, Derek Smalls, Embassy Pictures, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Spinal Tap (band), Techdirt, This Is Spinal Tap, Vivendi

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Music Publishing News Roundup 10.27.16: Songwriters Hall Of Fame • Grammys In My District • EMI vs. MP3tunes

The Songwriters Hall announced the list of nominees for the 2017 Songwriters Hall of Fame, including Max Martin, Madonna, and Jay Z. If inducted, Jay Z would become the first. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/28/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: America Ferrera, Babyface (musician), Bryan Adams, Gloria Estefan, Grammy Award, Jay-Z, Max Martin, Sly Stone, Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Copyright Office Shakeup Possible Preview To Fight Over Copyright Reform

The suspicious removal of the Maria Pallante from her position as head of the Copyright Office by freshly minted Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, could well be indicative of further. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/26/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Adolf Hitler, American Library Association, Business Insider, Carla Hayden, Chris Castle, Copyright registration, D.C., Google, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress, Maria Pallante, Register of Copyrights, United States, United States Copyright Office, Washington

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This Fortnight In Music Supervision And Sync: Johnny Cash • Danny Elfman • Oasis • More

A run through of the latest and greatest in sync licensing and music supervision over the past fortnight, courtesy of Synchblog.

admin on 10/25/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 20th Century Fox, Adam, Alzheimer's disease, Associated Press, HBO, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Cash, Nine Inch Nails, Professor X, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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10 Ways To Maximize Sales, Streams Of Your Latest Release

Releasing music requires a massive amount of work for any artist as they must ensure their music is promoted and marketed in such a way as to actually reach the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/24/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bad Romance, CD Baby, Do it yourself, Just Dance (song), Keynote, Lady Gaga, live, London, Mark Ronson, Uptown Funk

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