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What would Taylor Swift and Eddie Cue do? One solution to the frozen mechanical problem

The Copyright Royalty Board is seemingly on the cusp of allowing a private agreement among several major industry players regarding frozen mechanical royalties to become law. Chris Castle here examines. Continue reading

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Controlled Compositions Clauses, Frozen Mechanicals Explained

BMG recently made headlines with the announcement that they would be rolling back at least some aspects of the “controlled composition” in their record deals, which would be good news. Continue reading

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Mechanical Royalties: What Are They, How Do I Get Mine?

In this continuation of a series on music copyrights and royalties, Disc Makers’ CEO Tony van Veen here breaks down how mechanical royalties are different than other music royalties, and. Continue reading

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