Although it has taken a while to catch on, mobile devices are now beginning to prove themselves as essential tools that have essentially transformed 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…
It is somewhat interesting how people sometimes re-analyze the music business and the current social scene only after the death of an important political figure…
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…
Amid the increasingly liquid landscape of the music industry, there is a constant struggle to re-define the terms used in copyright law. These disputes are…
With the advancement of musical technology, practically anyone can create a hit song from the comfort of his or her own home. Audio workstations like…
It has been four years since Lala, a digital music streaming service, premiered. The company will soon be releasing a new iPhone app that will…
The following table illustrates the plight of the record companies since the inception of the iPod and iTunes in 2001. The $.99 of a song…
Donald Passman is one of America’s top entertainment attorneys and the architect of record-breaking “mega” deals for both Janet Jackson and R.E.M. He has authored…
With great pleasure, I would like to introduce you to this October 2009 edition of The Music Business Journal. It is tremendously exciting to be…
In February of this year the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would implement a new royalty fee on terrestrial radio broadcasters…
On September 14th, 2009, a Federal Judge in Los Angeles, CA threw out a Universal Music Group (UMG) lawsuit against Veoh Networks when they were…
It has been ten years since Napster fundamentally changed the way people get their music, and the recording industry continues to suffer in the battle…
The digital music revolution started with peer-to-peer file sharing late in 1999 and changed forever the terms of recorded music transactions. Consumers suddenly could enjoy…