Classical Music Needs Better Metadata
classical-music-2.jpg Wide This post authored by FMC communications intern Olivia BrownMetadata. Sounds like a android with irony issues. But it’s actually important to musicians and composers.So what...
View ArticleCover This: Universal Publishing Licenses YouTube Multichannels
cover_band.jpg Narrow Music publishing is perhaps the most complex and little understood sectors in the music business. Most folks grasp that record labels own so-called “master recordings,” but many...
View ArticleFMC Encouraged By Songwriter Equity Act
February 25, 2014WASHINGTON, DC—Today, Representative Doug Collins (R-GA) introduced the Songwriter Equity Act, a bill meant to level the playing field for songwriters, composers and publishers for the...
View ArticleFuture of Music Coalition Filing in Copyright Office Music Licensing Study
Copyright Office sought stakeholder input on the state of music licensing in America May 23, 2014 Comments Author: Casey Rae Future of Music Coalition submitted the following comments to the United...
View ArticleDOJ Tackles Consent Decrees: Careful What You Wish For?
music3.jpg Wide [Image courtesy kichiwall.com]Related Campaign: On Artist Compensationread more
View ArticleA Faustian Bargain for PROs and Songwriters?
bigfoot.jpg Wide You may have heard that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating potential anticompetitive behavior by major music publishers and Performing Rights Organizations...
View ArticleTransparency: Why it Matters to Songwriters and Fans
shutterstock_223664227.jpg Narrow Welcome to Part Two of FMC’s look at transparency and why it matters to musicians and composers. In Part One, we described three different types of transparency, and...
View ArticleWill the DOJ Support Songwriters or Just the Big Publishers?
doj.jpg Wide Rumors are flying around about the US Department of Justice (DOJ) potentially changing the rules that govern how performing rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP and BMI negotiate, collect and...
View ArticleFour Things for Songwriters to Keep in Mind About Performance Royalty Rates
gavel.jpg Wide Yesterday, news broke that performance rights organization ASCAP lost its appeal of a decision by a federal judge to keep webcasting rates at 1.85 percent. The ruling also affirmed an...
View ArticleFMC Comments to DOJ on "Fractional Licensing"
Antitrust Division seeks information on practices relating to the licensing of musical works for public performance November 20, 2015 Filing Author: Casey Rae On November 20, 2015, Future of Music...
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