SAG-AFTRA names Duncan Crabtree-Ireland new executive director
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland will begin serving a three-year contract as the Executive Director of entertainment union SAG-AFTRA. Guest post by Emmanuel Legrand of the Legrand Network The Board of Los Angeles-based entertainment. Continue reading
AFM & SAG-AFTRA IP Rights Distribution Fund paid $7M to non-featured performers last year
Up $10m from the previous year, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund has handed out a record-breaking $70m to non-featured performers, including many instrumentalists and vocalists who. Continue reading
AFM, SAG-AFTRA distributes $70M to rightsholders
The AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund – an income source that most musicians barely know exists – has announced a record $70 million distribution. The AFM &. Continue reading
A2IM, RIAA, Music Trade Groups Unite To Improve Digital Attribution, Credits
The RIAA, A2IM, The Artist Rights Alliance and SAG-AFTRA have joined forces to support the creation of a “more robust and effective system of digital attribution and credits.” For the. Continue reading
SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Stronger Sound Recording Deal
The members of performers union SAG-AFTRA have voted to approve the tentative deal struck with the major labels for sound recordings back in October. The new SAG-AFTRA Sound Recordings Code includes sound. Continue reading
SAG-AFTRA, Major Labels Reach New Sound Recordings Deal
SAG-AFTRA has announced a tentative three year agreement with major record labels on a successor contract to the SAG-AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Sound Recordings. The deal which. Continue reading
Alleged AFM Mismanagement Costs Musicians Millions In Unclaimed Funds [Find Out If You’re Owed]
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) is effectively preventing as much as $25 million in royalties due musicians and background singers from being distributed allege Kobalt, Wixen, Sony and a growing. Continue reading
YouTube, Facebook and Every Musician’s Moral Rights
Here Chris Castle explores the concept of moral rights, statutory rights put in place to safeguard the link between an artist in their work, as well as bemoaning the lack. Continue reading
