Is Torture by Music a "Performance in Public"? Certain collectives are quick to collect money from those in nursing homes, hospitals, prisons etc. on the basis that these are "public" ...

At the same time, Last.fm is launching an unprecedented "Artist Royalty" arrangement, whereby those artists not signed with a label who choose to upload their music to Last.fm will receive ...

Dear ASCAP, The copyright status of "Happy Birthday To You" and the law related to public performances of copyrighted works have recently been brought to my attention. I would therefore ...

When a song (in any recorded form) is licensed for TV, film, games, ringtones. Even a small 10 second usage in a major TV show will result in a lot ...

US Performance Royalty Organizations http://bmi.com http://www.ascap.com SESAC - mostly for country and gospel These guys collect license fees from any public place or broadcaster that plays music, and divides that ...

An artist can make money in a number or different ways. [[Artist Royalties]] aka Sales Royalties - selling the record itself. [[Performance Royalties]] - every time the recording is played ...

Registering that copyright with the Library of Congress gives you a pretty good assurance of an easy court case if your rights are infringed. On the other hand you could ...

USA === I'll see how much I can expand this page without taking on too major a task. US Tax law is designed to victimize the uninformed and the uneducated. ...

Any sample whatsoever without permission is an infringement and needs to be cleared with the holder of the copyright. No "5 second" rule (that's a myth), no nothing. Needless to ...

[[Contracts]] _Recording Contracts_ In dance music, contracts can vary from a simple one sheet that just states what share of the income from the record will go to artist and ...

ASCAP demands $1000 from a small non-profit art gallery in Baltimore. Actually, it wasn't really a concert; it was more of a performance-art piece by Lee Connah involving "old recycled ...

"Songfile" can be used by musicians who plan to make and distribute 2,500 copies or less of their recordings to obtain the necessary licenses for cover versions of songs. Licenses ...

CD sales have collapsed. Live shows, touring and merchandise income are robust. Prices for concerts are way up. Elton John charged a record $690 for top seats in Las Vegas. ...

"Everyone always focuses on the grand slam, but that's not a sustainable way to build an industry," Klein said. "There's a focus on licensing a tiny percentage of the catalog ...

The world's independent music sector, which has produced such artists as the Arctic Monkeys, has grouped together to launch an agency to secure licensing deals with emerging media such as ...

This small article notes that licensing is a complicated and annoying process and how completely inappropriate it is for the kind of mass internet media events we are entering into. ...

Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights) http://www.gema.de/ This is the German [[Royalty Organization|RoyaltyOrganizations]], collecting performance royalties for radio,TV, bar, club and ...

In Scotland for the T in the Park festival, Red Hot Chili Pepper Chad Smith lashes out at U2 and Black Eyed Peas for licensing their music to iPod commercials. ...

Licensing music for use in TV shows is a major new avenue for artists. ...even a middlebrow soap such as “One Tree Hill” has a far more varied playlist than ...

The music industry has a desperately slow and difficult licensing system. Its getting harder too, as copyright holders try to get as much money as they can to protect themselves ...