Copyright & Media Update 12/28/18
Why Does It Take 8 to 12 Months to Receive a Copyright Registration? COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE: Over the past several years the Registration Program has…
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Copyright & Media Update 11/30/18
Copyright Royalty Board Makes Flurry of Changes, Extends Comment Period For Music Modernization Act ED CHRISTMAN: In a flurry of activity over the last…
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Battling Plagiarism 3.0 JONATHAN BAILEY: For most of history, the battle against plagiarism was fairly unmoving. Though plagiarism certainly happened, it was a laborious…
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The Spectacular Existential Crisis of Pandora Amy Wang: Music’s most innovative business was about to implode. This time last year, Pandora was in dire…
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Remasters Aren’t Brand-New Copyrights, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms Paul Resnikoff: Digital remasters involve a lot of painstaking work by dedicated sound engineers….
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Facebook Launches New Wave of Music Products JOSH GLICKSMAN: Facebook has announced a new wave of music products launching on the social network Wednesday…
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‘Truly a Historic Moment’: Music Business Reacts to Music Modernization Act Becoming Law BILLBOARD STAFF: The Music Modernization Act was signed into law on…
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Apple’s Buyout of Shazam: 5 Reasons it Could Change Music Streaming Forever BY MURRAY STASSEN: Apple is in a music-streaming arms race. It’s getting…
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Mid-Year 2018 Streaming Market Shares MARK MULLIGAN: Music subscribers grew by 16% in the first half of 2018 to reach 229.5 million, up from…
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What Rights Do I Have to Prevent my Co-Writer to Change Our Copyright Registration? COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE: Generally, if you and your partner co-wrote a…
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