From unconstitutional to constitutional in a couple of pages, the Copyright Royalty Board has dodged a bullet, thanks to the D.C. Circuit.… Continue Reading
The Radio Music License Committee and BMI have announced a deal regarding the royalty rates and terms to be paid by radio stations through 2016.… Continue Reading
The Radio Music License Committee and ASCAP have announced a deal regarding the royalty rates and terms to be paid by radio stations through 2016… Continue Reading
Kevin Goldberg pursues his mission: laying out the annual SoundExchange filing requirements so that everybody that has to comply with them can know what to do.… Continue Reading
Kevin Goldberg's recent webinar presentation on such useful issues as protecting one's business and the nitty-gritty of sound recording licensing is now available on-line.… Continue Reading
The beginning of another year brings renewed obligations for all broadcasters who are operating a non-interactive webcast. If you're a NONCOMMERCIAL webcaster (as distinct from a noncommercial educational webcaster), check out your to-do list here.… Continue Reading
The beginning of another year brings renewed obligations for all broadcasters who are operating a non-interactive webcast. If you're a NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL webcaster, check out your to-do list here.… Continue Reading
The beginning of another year brings renewed obligations for all broadcasters who are operating a non-interactive webcast. If you're a COMMERCIAL webcaster, check out your to-do list here.… Continue Reading
On January 27, FHH's Kevin Goldberg will appear as a special guest in a free webinar on webcasting presented by SoundExchange. Check out this post for more information.… Continue Reading
All you non-interactive webcasters thinking about your budgeting for, say, the next five years: the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced the rates and terms that will apply to your operations for the period January 1, 2011-December 31, 2015.… Continue Reading
The Copyright Royalty Board has announced that noncommercial webcasters must pay a $500 per channel annual minimum fee to perform copyrighted sound recordings during the 2006-2010 rate term. Big deal? Not really. But . . .… Continue Reading
Another piece of the ongoing ASCAP/BMI ratemaking puzzle has fallen into place - at least for a while: in late June the good folks at the Radio Music License Committee announced a final interim deal with BMI,… Continue Reading
A judge has superseded the interim royalty rates negotiated by ASCAP and the RMLC earlier this year. The result should please broadcasters, at least for the time being.… Continue Reading
For the upcoming 2011-2015 webcasting royalty term, the CRB is looking to impose overall terms and conditions identical to those reached in privately-negotiated settlement agreements developed in 2009.… Continue Reading
Inferiority never felt so superior. By successfully painting themselves as "Inferior Officers", the judges of the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) have dodged a preliminary bullet.… Continue Reading
As expected, the Copyright Royalty Board has reinstated the $500 per channel annual minimum fee for both commercial and noncommercial webcasters.… Continue Reading
Attention, all commercial webcasters -- January 31 is the deadline for filing the first of what will be many Statements of Account to SoundExchange, along with payment of copyright royalties for performance of sound recordings over the Internet during 2010.… Continue Reading
The Copyright Royalty Board has proposed -- again -- to impose a $500 annual payment requirement for non-interactive webcasters. If you want to comment on the proposal, you have until January 22.… Continue Reading
Now that we've turned the corner into the New Year, there's even more reason for broadcasters to look into signing up with the Radio Music License Committee..… Continue Reading
Some radio broadcasters might have received letters recently -- from RMLC, ASCAP or BMI -- about negotiations for music licensing arrangements to replace the existing ASCAP/BMI deal which expires at year's end. Let's shed some light on the situation.… Continue Reading
It may not be surprising that the Senate Judiciary Committee passed S.379, the Senate's version of the Performance Rights Act, but the odds are still against the successful enactment of the PRA.… Continue Reading
After years of proposals and deliberations and interim policies, the Copyright Royalty Board has published "final rules" dictating the playlist reporting requirements for webcasters. But the "new" rules may be of little more than academic interest to many.… Continue Reading
