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DiMA President & CEO: Critics of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees Are Missing the Point
"The decrees are not broken," writes Garrett Levin, president and CEO of digital services trade group DiMA.
Billboard
Garrett Levin
The U.S. Department of Justice recently convened a series of workshops to review “competition in licensing in public performance rights.” For a government agency considering seismic changes to music licensing laws, it was well-intentioned and an appropriate exercise. Regrettably, however, the conversation lacked the critical perspective of numerous voices, including the music streaming services and…
The DOJ’s entertainment industry blitz
American Thinker
Alex Keeney
This July, no one in Hollywood was surprised to see his office lobby littered with a prescient edition of The Hollywood Reporter, whose cover story read, “Welcome to Hollywood’s Age of Anxiety.”
Year in Music 2018: Making the Music Modernization Act Happen
Nashville Scene
Marissa Ross
In today’s fraught political environment, it’s hard to imagine a consensus on anything — let alone on an arts-related bill that ended up being signed into law by none other than consumer-of-all-joy Donald Trump. But that’s what happened with the federal Music Modernization Act.
DOJ Must Preserve Consent Decrees to Protect Music Consumer Choice
Morning Consult
John Bodnovich (American Beverage Licensees), Shannon Meade (National Restaurant Association) & Tara Good (WineAmerica)
When a customer walks into a bar, restaurant, hotel, brewery or winery, they’re focused on enjoying the experience, not the intricacies of music licensing. Instead, hundreds of thousands of public hospitality venues across the nation are responsible for purchasing a music license from performing rights organizations, like ASCAP and BMI, through a confusing, opaque and…
Brewery ensures local songwriters get royalties for their original music
Hometown Life
Sharon Dargay
“What I say is we’re the originator of live music here in South Lyon,” Robinson said. “We pay the licenses. We are trying to set a standard here. No bad blood or ill will to anybody else, but you know what? We’re paying. I’m trying to do the right thing. We pay more in music…
Music Licensing: A History
NRB Music Licensing Committee
NRB Music Licensing Committee
There are a number of separate copyrights in music, but the history of ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and the broadcast industry involves only one, the “small” or “non-dramatic” public performance right.
From Player Pianos to Paper Notices: A Modern Update to Music Licensing Is Long Overdue (Guest Column)
Billboard
Michael Beckerman
Rarely does a century-old musical instrument drive policy in Washington, but that’s exactly what’s happening in the music community at this moment.
Lawmakers Introduce Music Modernization Act, Which Simplifies Digital Licensing and Increases Rates
Variety
Jem Aswad
The bill reforms Section 115 of the U.S. Copyright Act to create a single licensing entity that administers the mechanical reproduction rights for all digital uses of musical compositions, such those used in interactive streaming models offered by Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, Google and others, according to a release from the National Music Publisher Association.
War Erupts Over Whose Global Music Rights Database Is Better
Digital Music News
Daniel Sanchez
Music data, ownership records, and a horde of licenses remain wildly disorganized. Three weeks ago, Congress proposed a global, centralized music database to ensure that artists get paid on every streaming platform. And, every other platform — digital, physical, and analog — for that matter.