Photo Credit: The Mechanical Licensing Collective The Mechanical Licensing Collective is officially asking a federal court to reconsider its January dismissal of a much-publicized lawsuit targeting Spotify’s bundling craze. The MLC just recently submitted that […]
A federal judge has dismissed the bundling-focused copyright lawsuit that the Mechanical Licensing Collective filed against Spotify. Photo Credit: MLC Looks like Spotify’s aggressive bundling strategy is here to stay: The streaming platform has resoundingly […]
Photo Credit: Spotify Maybe it’s just a slip — or maybe it’s a serious dip. But according to preliminary Spotify royalty stats shared with Digital Music News by multiple US-based publishers, we may have a […]
Photo Credit: AllTrack Music Rights Performing rights organization AllTrack launches a mechanical rights division, a first for a US-based PRO. AllTrack, a digital-era performing rights organization (PRO) built to serve the independent music sector, has […]
KHLOE Kardashian has celebrated her birthday with an over-the-top western-themed party featuring strippers and a mechanical bull. The 40-year-old shared highlights of the bash on her Instagram Stories – from her all-denim outfit to a […]
How much are streaming music platforms actually paying for publishing in the U.S.? Amid an intensifying battle over Spotify’s bundling and a corresponding mechanicals decline, here’s a comprehensive look at actual payout data preceding Spotify’s […]
Make no mistake, music publishers aren’t thrilled about Spotify’s big shift towards bundled offerings. NMPA head David Israelite has condemned in no uncertain terms Spotify’s “perversion of the settlement” behind Phonorecords IV, making clear as […]
Photo Credit: Jason Leung The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) says it has increased member distributions to £188.4 ($232M) in 2022. The MCPS collects mechanical royalties on behalf of 34,000 publishers, songwriters, and composers when their […]
Photo Credit: 金 运 Copyright Royalty Board finally confirms its determination over songwriter mechanical royalty rates for 2018-2022. The Copyright Royalty Board issued a determination on Tuesday (May 23) over Phonorecords III — U.S. songwriters’ and publishers’ […]
Photo Credit: Soundtrap The US Copyright Office issues a notification of inquiry soliciting public comments on late fees for mechanical royalty payments under the Music Modernization Act. The US Copyright Office is asking for public feedback on […]
Along the lines of the infinite monkey theorem, if one was to program a group of AI-enhanced robots to create metal music, there’s every chance it would sound like Meshuggah. The Swedish tech-metal pioneers – […]
BMG has officially put the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), and the major labels themselves on blast for resisting a mechanical-royalty increase for physical releases and downloads. Berlin-based […]
Major label and publishing conglomerates Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, as well as other publishers represented by the NMPA, have tentatively agreed to increase mechanical royalty rates on physical products […]
Vinyl records, one of several physical formats judged as ‘de minimis’ by the NMPA (photo: Bru-nO) The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) tried valiantly to serve the labels, its real patrons, in the latest round […]
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Shared from The Verge – Creators There aren’t a lot of ultra-portable handheld PCs anymore, outside of the GDP pocket and its gaming-focused successors. With tablets, smartphones, and even handhelds like the Steam Deck diluting […]