VIDEO: New Danielson Project
Check out these videos to get a glimpse into the production mind behind indie rock guru Daniel Smith.
Is Radio Suppressing Pro-Performance Rights Act Artists?
The FCC is accepting comments on concerns that musicians and groups who support the Performance Rights Act are getting the bums rush from radio stations.
Eminem Sues Universal for Royalties on Downloading
[via RollingStone] Eminem’s two-year-old lawsuit against Universal Music Group over digital music royalties finally entered a courtroom today, the Wrap reports. In a trial featuring star witnesses like UMG head Jimmy Iovine and Apple’s Steve Jobs, Slim Shady’s publishing company F.B.T. Productions is seeking more royalties from purchases made using digital music services like Jobs’ [...]
Bill Backs Payment To Musicians For Radio Play
Songwriters get paid every time one of their songs is played on the radio; the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 4789) would do the same for the musicians who played on the recording. With income from CDs and download sales on the wane, they could use the money. Under current law, musicians get a big fat [...]
Judge: Illegal Downloads Don’t Equate To Lost Sales
US District Judge James P. Jones has ruled that copyright holders cannot equate each illegal download with a lost sale. Just because somebody downloaded your song, doesn’t mean that they would have purchased it otherwise. Practically what that means is that you cannot seek restitution based on the amount that hypothetically would have been gained [...]
