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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: October 4, 2013
Congressman Mel Watt introduced new legislation Monday morning that would extend the USA’s current digital performance right for sound recordings to include a broader spectrum of uses. Most notably,...
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CMJ 2013: 7 Panels That Will Make You A Publishing Wizard
CMJ is right around the corner. If you’ve ever attended, you know what that means. For one week, aspiring musicians, music executives and everyone in between will be frantically running around...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: October 11, 2013
Apple’s iTunes Radio will be launching in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Nordic countries as soon as early next year. Its largest competitor, Pandora, still isn’t available in Europe,...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: October 18, 2013
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is currently reviewing APRA’s virtual monopoly status in the field of performing rights acquisition and licensing. For APRA to continue its...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: October 25, 2013
Google’s YouTube is expected to launch a freemium, on-demand music streaming service before the year’s end. Sources report the service, which is designed with mobile usage in mind, will be similar to...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: November 1, 2013
The legal dispute between Marvin Gaye’s estate and the writers and publishers with stakes in Robin Thicke’s smash summer hit “Blurred Lines” has escalated in a major way. The Gaye family has...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: November 8, 2013
Nashville celebrated country music this week with four major awards shows – the CMA, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC awards. SESAC’s Nashville Music Awards honored Keifer Thompson as Songwriter of the Year,...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: November 15, 2013
The NMPA sent take-down notices to 50 unlicensed lyric sites, most notably Rap Genius, on Monday. The other 49 sites can be found here. NMPA President David Israelite described the take-down notices...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: November 22, 2013
The NMPA has agreed to temporarily shelve its takedown actions toward popular lyric annotation site Rap Genius. Last week, the NMPA sent take-down notices to Rap Genius and 49 other unlicensed lyric...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: December 6, 2013
Pandora has officially abandoned the Internet Radio Fairness Act – a piece of legislation that would have effectively reduced the royalty rates it pays to songwriters and publishers, as well as...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: December 13, 2013
Nominations for the 56th Grammy Nominations were announced on Sunday. Nominees for Song of the Year include Just Give Me A Reason, Locked Out Of Heaven, Roar, Royals and Same Love. You can find the...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: December 20, 2013
BMI prevailed over Pandora in a rate court ruling stating that the Internet radio service’s blanket license does not include compositions controlled by publishers that have withdrawn digital rights...
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ASCAP EXPO 2014 Discount
Our wonderful friends at ASCAP have extended a discount to Songtrust members interested in attending the ASCAP ‘I Create Music’ EXPO. This is a great opportunity for artists, songwriters, publishers...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: January 10, 2014
The NMPA and Fullscreen have reached an agreement to settle copyright infringement claims the NMPA made regarding the unlicensed use of musical compositions by creators on Fullscreen’s multi-channel...
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Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup: January 17, 2014
BMI publishers are exploring their options following last December’s rate court ruling stating publishers that withdrew their catalog solely for digital licensing on Jan. 1, 2013 are no longer part of...
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International Spotlight: UK
The UK music market offers tremendous potential for American artists. As the second largest English-speaking music market (behind the US), our friends across the pond offer a great opportunity for...
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