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Category Archives: Music Licensing
Music Licensing World
American Songwriter has a great Q&A with Sarah Gavigan, a music licensing consultant. The info is much more a day-in-the-life profile, but she does give some interesting facts and tips on getting your music licensed. Follow the link to read the … Continue reading
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ASCAP Making Agreements
ASCAP recently signed a licensing agreement with Netflix- a huge benefit for its members. Seeing as Netflix is shifting its main business towards instant streaming and away from physical DVDs, ASCAP has decided it is important to obtain licenses with … Continue reading
Grooveshark Can’t Get Its Groove Back
Grooveshark, a music sharing site that encourages users to include their own pieces in the catalog, is once again finding itself in legal trouble. Joining the growing list of complainants, including Universal Media Group, is a group of Tennessee music … Continue reading
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Turntable.fm and ASCAP
The fun and innovative music networking site, Turntable.fm, recently became licensed by ASCAP, giving them access to the plethora of works that they license. This is an exciting event for ASCAP, and smart move for Turntable.fm. Numerous artists will receive … Continue reading
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Spotify and ASCAP Come Together
The newest music streaming service to hit the U.S., Spotify, recently signed a deal with ASCAP, allowing them to license the work of ASCAP’s 8.5 million works. The agreement runs through 2013 and operates using a Digital Data Exchange (DDEX). … Continue reading
ICE is Coming for You!
Attention administrators of websites with pirated material! ICE is coming for you… and it doesn’t matter if you aren’t in this country! New extradition criteria has been released by the US government stating that as long as the piracy website ends in … Continue reading
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Pandora’s Box
Pandora, the online radio service, just recently debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO labeled “P” did surprisingly well it’s first day on the market with shares starting at $16, rising to $26, and then finally leveling off … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, cloud based music, Google, royalities, stock exchange
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Can the SIRA Act Help?
In 2006, an attempt was made in Congress to pass the SIRA Act, legislation that would introduce blanket licensing, designated agents, and royalty rates into the digital music marketplace. Currently, as they did in 2006, legitimate online music services face … Continue reading
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Tagged blanket licensing, legislation, music services
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Reduced Mechanical Royalties Have Nashville Re-evaluating
Over the past three years, mechanical royalties have declined 45% for Universal Music Publishing. Due to the decrease in album sales, publishers are facing a dilemma in the country music genre. While country music remains extremely popular, publishers and artists … Continue reading
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Tagged country music, music publishing, Royalties, singer-songwriter
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Apple One Step Ahead…Maybe
It was recently reported that Apple is close to signing a cloud-music licensing agreement with EMI Music, Universal Music Group, and Sony Entertainment Music. Google and Amazon have both launched their clouds, but neither has the licensing that Apple will … Continue reading
