In a Federal Register notice just published today, the Copyright Royalty Board announces cost-of-living increases in the statutory royalties to be paid by webcasters to SoundExchange for the public performance of sound recordings, which represent a ~9% increase for the… Continue Reading
Royalty collection and distribution agency SoundExchange has won a judgment of $9,765,396, plus legal fees, from the Slacker Radio division of LiveOne (formerly LiveXLive) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California for unpaid music royalties and… Continue Reading
Almost certainly the highest cost line item for U.S. music-based online radio services is the royalty that such services pay for rights to the sound recordings they play, with those rates set every five years in a tribunal conducted by… Continue Reading
Royalty collection and distribution agency SoundExchange announced this week (press release here) that is has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Slacker, Inc. and its parent company LiveOne, Inc. to recover… Continue Reading