by Danielle Suber | Apr 11, 2023 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
In a recent rate court proceeding, BMI scored a significant raise for songwriters and music publishers from concert promoters in the United States. After a protracted litigation, BMI won a 138% historical rate increase against Live Nation, AEG and the North American...
by Danielle Suber | Mar 23, 2023 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
To clear up questions about the copyrightability of AI in music, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) recently signaled that copyrighting songs is about to get a lot more complicated. Last week the USCO released guidance on the copyright-ability of works made using AI,...
by Danielle Suber | Feb 23, 2023 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
The team that drives the success of the National Music Publishers’ Association comprises almost entirely women, reporting to NMPA president/CEO David M. Israelite. Two of its members appear on the 2023 Women in Music list: Executive vp/general counsel Danielle Aguirre...
by Danielle Suber | Feb 6, 2023 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
Artists, music executives, songwriters and more descended on Los Angeles’ Nightingale Plaza on Wednesday night for the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and Billboard Grammy Week Showcase. Throughout the star-studded night, Demi Lovato, Sabrina...
by Ashley Jones | Sep 1, 2022 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
Agreement means publishers will get as much as 15.35% of music streamers’ revenue, phased in during a five-year period Music publishers and streaming services reached an agreement to raise the rates songwriters get paid when their music is played on Spotify and other...
by Ashley Jones | Sep 1, 2022 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
An explainer on how songwriter streaming royalties will grow from 2023 to 2027. Songwriter and publisher U.S. mechanical streaming royalty rates are going up — slowly — to a headline rate of 15.35% of total revenue from 2023-2027. That’s the big news out of...
