U.S. government-regulated collection agency SoundExchange distributed $947-million in online performance royalties last year. The money went to labels and independent owners of recorded music in 2020. It’s a 4.3% lift from 2019 distributions. Continue Reading
This vital guest column by David Oxenford summarizes the royalty rate arguments put before the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) for a ruling expected by mid-June. In normal times that ruling would have been delivered before January 1, but this every-five-year cycle has been delayed by Covid. The outcome will chart the financial course for webcasters of all sizes in the 2021-2025 period.
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Colin Rushing, Chief Legal Officer of SoundExchange and RAIN Summit speaker, is honored in Billboard’s release of its Top Music Lawyers 2021. It is the only award in its category (Performing Rights) that relates directly and exclusively to streaming audio. Continue Reading
SoundExchange announced that Colin Rushing has been promoted to its chief legal officer. Rushing has been with the organization for more than a decade, and has served as its senior Vice President and general counsel since 2014. Continue Reading
SoundExchange released its Digital Radio Report with details about its first quarter of 2020. The organization paid out $224 million in the first three months of the year, an increase from its Q1 2019 payout of $220.7 million. Continue Reading
SoundExchange has made a move to increase the rates paid to American music creators for international uses of their work. The rights management agency for performance royalties claims that U.S. music creators could be losing out on $170 million annually from this use case. Continue Reading
SoundExchange released its statistics from the final quarter of 2019. The organization distributed $218.8 million during the period for a total of $908.2 million during the whole year. Continue Reading
SoundExchange announced that it is offering a new licensing solution for putting music in podcasts. The organization is collaborating with SourceAudio to create a solution for Podcastmusic.com, making the works of SoundExchange members available for podcast creators to license. Continue Reading
SoundExchange posted its results from the first quarter. Its distributions to artists and copyright holders in the first three months of 2019 totaled $220.7 million, up 16.2% year-on-year. Continue Reading
SoundExchange released the details of its artist payouts in 2018. The company distributed more sound recording performance royalties to artists and rightsholders during 2018 than it did in any previous year. The annual total was a record-high $953 million. Continue Reading
Years after the decision, SoundExchange is still pushing for an appeal of the Copyright Royalty Board’s determination of webcasting rates for the 2016-2020 period. Legal expert David Oxenford shares some background on how appeals courts review these cases and breaks down the latest ruling. Continue Reading
SoundExchange distributed $208.7 million in sound recording performance royalties during the second quarter, bringing its 2018 distributions to date to more than $398.6 million. The performance royalty distributor had several other noteworthy activities in the period that it shared in its most recent report. Continue Reading