Tag: royalty
Judiciary Committee in US House Of Representatives approves radio royalty proposals
The Judiciary Committee of the US House Of Representatives yesterday approved the American Music Fairness Act, which would introduce a radio royalty for artists and record labels in America for the first time. The approval has been widely welcomed by the music community. US copyright law is unusual in not granting sound recordings full performing […]
US Congressional committee to consider latest radio royalty proposal this week
The Judiciary Committee of the US House Of Representatives will this week discuss the proposed American Music Fairness Act which would introduce a radio royalty for recordings into American copyright law for the first time. The US is very unusual in that music radio stations broadcasting on AM or FM there only need to get […]
Curve launches royalty accounting software for small independent music companies
Curve Royalty Systems has launched a new ‘lite’ version of its royalty accounting software, making it more affordable for smaller independent music companies. The software provides record labels, music publishers and music distributors with the tools to provide royalty statements to artists and songwriters. Prices start at £20 a month. “We have always believed that […]
Songwriters call for full transparency around US song royalty rate settlement deal
The Music Creators North America organisation has called on the US Copyright Royalty Board to make public the agreement reached between the music publishers and the streaming services regarding the rates to be paid by the latter for the streaming of songs in the years ahead. MCNA says that all songwriters need access to an […]
MLC launches unmatched royalty identification tool
American collecting society MLC has launched a new tool that allows music distributors to easily access data on unclaimed mechanical royalties in the US for over two million recordings. It’s called the Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal. Quite a boring name, you might think, but it means they can walk around referring to it as DURP, […]
American industry welcomes the launch of radio royalty proposals in US Senate
The American record industry has welcomed the introduction of formal proposals in the US Senate that would force AM and FM radio stations in the country to start paying royalties to artists and record labels for the first time. The bipartisan American Music Fairness Act – introduced by Republican Senator Marcia Blackburn and Democrat Alex […]
Streaming services and music publishers reach deal on song royalty rates in the US
The streaming services and the US music publishers have reached a deal over the royalty rate paid by the former to the latter, which means neither side will have to go through the time and expense of a messy and contentious hearing before the US Copyright Royalty Board. This is good news for the services, […]