Entries in 'royalties' (27)
PRS for Music's digital income in 2012: Full analysis Gated Content
PRS for Music collected more money from online services than UK radio for the first time last year, marking another ...
Harlem Shake sparks unlicensed sample claims
Viral sensation Harlem Shake has become the centre of a royalty dispute with two artists challenging the track creator's label ...
CD Baby makes record weekly payout of $3.8m to artists
Online music store CD Baby, which specialises in the sale of material from independent musicians, this week paid out a ...
ASCAP revenues dropped 4.5% in 2012, but royalty payments increased
ACAP saw a 4.5% in collected revenue year-on-year in 2012 but royalty payments increased slightly.
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Spotify will pay $500m to rights holders in 2013, says Ek
Spotify expects to pay rights holders half a billion dollars in 2013.
TuneCore reports $102m artist payouts in 2012
Digital distributor TuneCore has reported a record $101.8 million pay-out to artists in 2012.
SoundExchange 2012 royalty payments up 58% YoY
US digital collection organisation SoundExchange has posted a 58% increase in royalty payments year-on-year in 2012.
GEMA calls for 1.6m Euros of damages from YouTube in copyright infringement case
The ongoing negotiations between German royalties outfit GEMA and YouTube have broken down with 1.6m Euros worth of damages being ...
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BBC Radio Cymru cuts Welsh language music output following royalties dispute
BBC Radio Cymru has been forced to change its playlists after losing the rights to thousands of Welsh-language songs in ...
US Copyright Office invites suggestions for changes to composition royalty system
The US Copyright Office is inviting responses to changes over the licence for mechanical royalties for compositions.
CD Baby pays out $50 million to artists in 2012
CD Baby, an independent music distributor, is celebrating two artist payout milestones in 2012.
Vevo has paid $200m to music industry since 2009
All-premium music video platform Vevo has paid $200 million worth of revenues back into the music industry since it was ...
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Pandora tells Congress: Internet royalties are 'unfair and indefensible'
Pandora will today tell Congress that the royalty rates internet radio services are required to pay are ‘astonishingly high’ and ...
SoundExchange paid rights-holders $122.5m in Q3
US digital collection society SoundExchange saw its biggest quarterly pay-out in Q3 this year, passing on $122.5 million in royalties ...
Rihanna, Pink Floyd and Britney among 125 artists against Pandora royalty lawsuit
A list of 125 musicians have spoken out against Pandora in an open letter in which they call a lawsuit ...
Spotify on course for $200m total revenue for H1 2012
Spotify has reportedly made $200 million in total revenue over the first six months of 2012, and is on an ...
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Pandora suing ASCAP over songwriter royalty rates
Internet radio service Pandora is suing performing rights organisation the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in an ...
Pandora, Clear Channel to lobby for lower web radio payments
Pandora and Clear Channel are founding members of a coalition of companies that will campaign for legislation lowering the rates ...
Grooveshark re-launches with 'tip jar' for royalty payments
Grooveshark has soft-launched a more social version of its streaming platform, including a tip jar that encourages fans to compensate ...
Over 80% of commercial music play is 'misreported', claims TuneSat
Audio fingerprint tech company TuneSat claims that over 80% of music played commercially is either unreported or misreported.
Simfy withdraws free service from Belgium 11 months after launch
Germany-based music streaming service Simfy is withdrawing its ad-supported, free-to-listen service from the Belgian market, just 11 months after launch.
Pandora pays 'top earning artists' artists over $1m annually
Pandora founder Tim Westergren has revealed top-earning artists are recieving over $1m annusally from the internet radio service, while several ...
Glassnote teams with Clear Channel in radio royalties deal
Glassnote Entertainment Group has partnered with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment in a deal that will enable Glassnote and its ...
Chapel Club release song stems for remix, fans can keep profits and rights
British band Chapel Club are releasing free stems from their song Good Together, for fans to remix and sell the ...
Spotify lowers radio royalty obligation in the US
Spotify is now paying webcasting royalties to SoundExchange for streams on the free internet radio service launched in June on ...
