Music Industry Reacts To Today’s Article 13 Defeat

UPDATED: The EU Parliament voted Thursday to open debate on Article 13, sweeping legislation that revamps copyright law in the European Union, putting more onus on the likes of YouTube. Continue reading

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1300 Musicians, Trade Groups Push For Article 13 Adoption Today, Big Tech Disagrees

UPDATE 2: 1300 recording artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Plácido Domingo, James Blunt and Max Martin, as well as most industry trade groups are urging the European Parliament to support. Continue reading

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Music Industry’s Nonsense ‘Myth Busting’ About EU’s Censorship Machines Essentially Just Saying ‘Nuh-uh’ Repeatedly

ALTERNATIVE VIEW: In this op-ed, Mike Masnick busts the myth busting of major EU publishers who were attempting to counteract criticism of the EU's Copyright Directive's Article 11 "link tax", and. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators in the music industry this week weight in on the need for songwriters to have a copyright small claims court, how Spotify's stock behavior is being misread, and why. Continue reading

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Music Law 101: How Long Can You Count On Copyright Protection To Last

After a copyright is created, the length of time for which it hangs around tends to vary greatly – although it's often for longer than one might guess. Here we. Continue reading

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SoundExchange Adds Tools To Get Songwriters Paid For 70M Address Unknown NOI Filings

SoundExchange subsidiary SXWorks has added two new tools developed to expand on its NOI LOOKUP service to help music publishers and songwriters search the more than 70 million address unknown. Continue reading

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

Surviving the music industry as an independent artist is no easy task, but Hypebot did its best to help out this week by offering advice and tips on issues ranging. Continue reading

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Rap vs Pap: Dr Dre Loses Trademark Battle With Gynecologist Dr Drai

In a surprising clash of music and medicine, Dr. Dre faced defeat at the conclusion of a trademark battle he waged against Pennsylvania OB/GYN Dr. Drai, with the former rapper. Continue reading

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Songtrust Now Administers 150K Songwriters, 1M Copyrights, 20K Music Publishers

Songtrust announced that is now administers 50,000 songwriters, 20,000 music publishers and more than 1,000,000 copyrights. That's up from 100,000 songwriters and 15,000 publishers just over a year ago.

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Recording Academy, musicFirst, SoundExchange React To Music Modernization Act Vote

The sweeping Music Modernization Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously on Wednesday with 415 votes. The bipartisan legislation now heads to the Senate with strong support from the. Continue reading

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