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NY Court Declares No Performance Rights For Flo and Eddie: “POOF” Goes 5 Million Dollars

In the latest look at the ongoing saga of Flo and Eddie and Sirius XM. For a while it looked as though Flo and Eddie were set to receive quite. Continue reading

Guest Post on 02/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Appellate court, copyright, Microsoft, New York, Royalty payment, Sirius XM Holdings, Stored Communications Act, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Department of Justice

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Sirius XM Wins Flo & Eddie Pre-72 Royalties Case, musicFIRST Calls On Congress To Right The Wrong

UPDATE: The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a Federal District Court ruling. Today's decision means that there are no performance fees due on sound recordings created prior. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/17/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adult contemporary music, copyright, FM broadcasting, Heidi Heitkamp, IPhone, Ireland, John Barrasso, Microsoft, New York, North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, Sound recording and reproduction, Stored Communications Act, Supreme Court of the United States, Susan L. Carney, Texas, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Department of Justice, United States district court, Wyoming Republican Party

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TUE BRIEF: Eventbrite Buys Ticketscript • Rusell Simmon Sells Red Dot For $147M • SoundEx. Distributes $884M • More

Tuesday 1.31.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Deals, deals and more deals. Do they herald a world of increased uncertainty or are they simply ignoring it? Or am. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/31/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AdMob, Age of Booty, Aliança da Terra, Amritsar, Andy Weir, Anthony Bourdain, Battlefield 1, Microsoft, Mobile app, Xbox (console)

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CHANGES @ Warner Chappell • INgrooves • Proper • Pledge Music • Deezer • More

Warner/Chappell Music announced a worldwide publishing agreement with hot UK grime songwriter, DJ, and producer Swifta Beater. MORE:

Bruce Houghton on 01/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Artist, Chief technology officer, Fontana Distribution, INgrooves, Kevin Scott, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PledgeMusic, Universal Music Group, Vice president

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Common Mistakes To Avoid When Building An Electronic Press Kit

An electronic press kit, or EPK, is best way for artists to give their business contacts all the information they need about said artist, this means it's an important thing. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/17/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adobe FrameMaker, Compact disc, E-book, List of PDF software, Microsoft, Microsoft Word, OneDrive, Portable Document Format, Slide show, Website

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Obama, Meet Kafka [Chris Castle]

This piece examines how the Obama years have affected the music industry as well as how, according to Chris Castle, a suspiciously close relationship between the White House and Google. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/08/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: AOL, Chief operating officer, Franz Kafka, IBM, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, TechCrunch Disrupt, Venture capital

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Congress Eyes Creation Of A Copyright “Small Claims Court”

Although many active members of the copyright community have been requesting that some form of small claims court be set up as an alternative to filing a federal lawsuit, a. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/20/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: " copyright infringement, copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GitHub, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, Small claims court, YouTube

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Open Source Music Proponent Jason Herskowitz Joins Spotify [UPDATED]

[UPDATED] Jason Herskowitz has joined Spotify. Herscowitz, who developed open-source cross-platform music player Tomahawk, has been an outspoken critic of the music industry. He'll be based in NYC and according. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/05/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: .NET Framework, App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Cross-platform, IOS, Microsoft, music industry, Open source, Spotify, Web application

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Gaining Exposure: Music And The Indie Gaming Community

Getting people to listen to your music even once is a challenge, but getting them to engage with it and listen repeatedly is even harder. Luckily, the indie gaming community provides. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/23/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Animatronics, China, Indie game, internet, Microsoft, Minecraft, Mojang, NetEase, Video game, YouTube

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Bye Bye Beats, So Long Zune – Apple, Microsoft Retire Major Digital Music Brands

Two major digital music brands are being retired. Apple is shuttering its Beats Music service and pushing users to Apple Music; and Microsoft is shuttering one of the original digital. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Digital rights management, IOS, IPod, iTunes, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Portable media player, Xbox Music, Zune

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