The emergence of new types of entertainment has always been associated with rapid developments in technology…
With the world growing smaller and technology making music more accessible, understanding publishing on a global level is becoming increasingly crucial for songwriters and musicians.…
With the advent of sound recording at the end of the nineteenth century, many different kinds of sounds – from musical performances and important government…
The current copyright collection and distribution system in Brazil is quite different from that of the US and other countries. It is administered by a…
With the rise of online file sharing and data-streaming, copyright infringement is currently at an all time high. Now, the future of the industry finds…
Take a look at the people in the subway, at college students, or even at businessmen at a Starbucks of a major city. Many will…
Recently, I visited Nashville and was able to interview Linda Edell Howard, a top music lawyer. Nashville, where Howard has her practice, has a different…
On April 9th, the British Parliament announced its approval of the highly debated Digital Economy Act. It was first mentioned in the Queen’s Speech to…
On January 20, 2010, CNET news reported that Verizon had acknowledged disconnecting the service of users who had repeatedly been accused of copyright infringement[1]. That…
The Case of Sweden and South Korea Ever since the days of Napster, the music industry has been combating illegal downloading and file sharing—in the…
After almost thirty years without reforming the regulations that govern the use of endorsements to promote or advertise a product, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Music piracy, in its digital form, has endured now for almost a decade. The Recording Industry Association of America has compared it to shoplifting. “The…
On November 4th a group of television broadcasters came together to file a class-action anti-trust complaint against performance rights organization, SESAC. The Television Music Licensing…
On October 14th, 2009, the performing rights society ASCAP, and all the publishers, songwriters, and composers it represents, suffered a major blow when a federal…