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"Culture is More Important Than Copyright."
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Last week, TechDirt highlighted this great quote from comic book writer Mark Waid and I hadn't gotten a chance to post about it till now. Waid recently spoke at the Harvey Awards and gave a semi-controversial talk about copyright, the public domain and learning to embrace file sharing. Wanting to further clarify his points and clear up some of the confusion that arose from his statements, Waid took the time to publish a written version of his talk. Of interest ...
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Tips for Getting Your Music Licensed, Part One
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We All Make Music
[This post was written by Eric Herman, the president and co-founder of Modiba. Herman runs Modiba Publishing, an international music publishing and licensing company representing over 250 artists. Modiba's clients include Universal Studios, NBC, Disney, Target, AT&T, ESPN, Pottery Barn, Teva, General Mills, CBC, Vodafone, and Mastercard]
For independent artists (and any other artists short of Grammy-caliber, really) sync placements are like manna from heaven. A hefty upfront sync fee is then followed by a nice bounty of residual payments ...
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Limelight: A New, Simple Way to Cover a Song
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Have you ever thought about writing a cover version of Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, but didn't even know where to start with the headache of trying to clear the rights and determine who to send the royalty payments? This is a similar situation that singer-songwriter Samantha Murphy, aka The Highway Girl, found herself in. Since, she has teamed up with LimeLight, a service by RightsFlow, to take care of her licensing needs. RightsFlow, a mechanical licensing and royalty ...
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The RIAA's Lobbying Bill in Q2: $1.398 Million...
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Digital Music News
The RIAA spent a handsome $1.398 million on lobbying initiatives last quarter alone, according to documents obtained by Digital Music News on Tuesday. The lobbying disclosure form, shared by Congressional staffers, shows that $1,398,227 was used during the three-month period to influence a range of issues, including terrestrial radio performance royalties for recordings, global intellectual property protection, net neutrality, and file-sharing enforcement. The document (below) closely follows a disclosure by Universal Music Group showing an $840,000 spend during the same ...
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OK Go Weighs in on Net Neutrality and Music Industry
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Known more notably for his role as frontman of the viral video and YouTube sensations OK Go and his perspective on being that very thing on a record label that willfully disables the sharing functionality that made his group famous, Damian Kulash is now weighing in on an issue even more near and dear to his heart: net neutrality and the future of the web. From his perspective, many of the negotiations taking place today that have the potential to ...
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Cary Sherman, the RIAA, and Their Failure to Change the Culture of File-Sharing
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It's not hard to imagine why the RIAA is one of the most loathed, criticized and beleaguered industry trade groups of the last decade. Cary Sherman is the president of their board of directors and has worked there for 13 years; he is, more or less, the public face of the organization, known most famously for suing everyone and their grandmother. Asked in a recent interview for his perspective on how effective their transition in strategy from ligation as a ...
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Tired of Buying Extra Plane Tickets for Your Instruments? Sign This AFM Petition
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We All Make Music
FlowSongs: Why Paying Royalties is "Complicated"
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A Graphic Illustration of Music Industry Madness. The concept behind the new Pure owned, cloud-based music service FlowSongs is pretty straightforward. You hear a song on the radio and want to buy it, but have to wait until next time your logged onto iTunes or maybe in a store. The company hopes to amend this disparity by allowing users to purchase songs off the radio immediately—if they wish. This is where things get a little tricky though, because once the ...
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