Copyright Office Modernization Through an Artist’s Lens
[Op-Ed] Copyright Office legislation is moving through Congress, and the House of Representatives is expected to take up the bill when they return from Easter Recess. In this op-ed, leaders from. Continue reading
Bridging The Gap For Women In Music: Interview with Grammy Winning BMI Composer Laura Karpman
Here BMI interviews multi-Emmy and GRAMMY award-winning composer Laura Karpman about her history-making work in the music business, as well as her passion for helping women in the industry find. Continue reading
Closing The Value Gap – On Terrestrial Radio?
For months, YouTube has been the music service the industry loves to hate. Love, because of its huge audience that can clearly break artists and boost releases. Hate, because of. Continue reading
Ed Sheeran Settles Latest $20M Copyright Infringement Suit
Ed Sheeran has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit song "Photograph". Sheeran has been the subject of several high profile copyright infringement claims. Is he a copycat, a. Continue reading
ASCAP Teams With LANDR To Offer Members Free Mastering
ASCAP has teamed with LANDR to offer its 600,000 songwriter and publisher members unlimited automated mastering. All ASCAP members will be given free access to LANDR’s Basic Subscription plus one HD. Continue reading
Two Words That No Music Supervisor Wants To Hear On Monday Morning
In this piece, Soundlounge CEO Ruth Simmons explains why hearing the two words 'Soundalike' and 'Musicologist' from now fills her with dread, and can often lead down a dangerously litigious. Continue reading
Congress’ PROMOTE Act Grants Right To Pull Songs Off Radio, Since They’re Not Paying You Anyway
Congressmen Darryl Issa and Ted Deutch recently introduced the new bipartisan PROMOTE Act which, if passed, would grant owners of sound recording copyrights the exclusive right to prohibit the radio. Continue reading
ASCAP, SACEM, PRS Form IBM-Backed Blockchain Music Initiative To Improve Royalty Tracking
2017 is the year that Blockchain will become more of a tool than a theory. The technology, which allows seamless tracking of digital use has been called the savior of. Continue reading
Major Scandal At The Copyright Office With $25 Million ‘Fake Budget’ Line Item
Documents were recently published exposing massive waste and incompetence at the Copyright Office. It seems the form Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, put in place a fake twenty-five million dollar budget line. Continue reading
