Boosting the music business in the Internet age has proven to be a tough proposition. Online copyright infringement still has the edge over legitimate music.…
The crisis in the recording music industry has diminished the breadth and diversity of record label catalogs at a time when there are more artists…
The Mayans were partially right when they predicted something drastic would happen at the end of 2012. Yet even if the mystery of the world…
On October 3rd 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the case of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)…
In 2008, the Department of Commerce urged Congress to expand the statutory royalty scheme for digital music streaming to include terrestrial radio transmissions, arguing that…
The Protect IP Act (Senate Bill S968), short for Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property, is the US Government’s…
Considering the vast array of music services that were launched this year, including Amazon Cloud Drive, Spotify, and Google Music, it seems a new order…
2013 will be a defining year for many artists, record labels, and the recording industry as a whole. With the clause in the 1978 Copyright…
On May 27-28, the heads of state of the eight most industrialized nations got together in Deauville, France to discuss world issues at the G8…
Performing Rights Organizations (PRO) should be regarded as any artist/songwriter’s best friends. Societies such as ASCAP, BMI and SESAC are responsible for collecting all performance…
By default a person that makes an original work and fixes it in a tangible form owns its copyright and consequently the exclusive right that…
The survival of a business depends today on the gathering of information for marketing purposes. A successful company has to analyze data, plan, and then…
Imagine Joe Smith as the head of a small chain of radio stations somewhere in the US’s mid-west region…
With the development of digital music in the mid-1990s, the act of sampling became very popular and is now a fundamental element for musical styles like Rap and Hip-hop.