Music Royalties

Grabbing a drink at home to save money? In tighter times, that has been a preferred option for many British drinkers, and the result on performance royalties has been negative.  In clubs and bars, royalty co... Read More...

Should online music stores pay royalties on 30-second clips? The debate has been bubbling for years, and music providers are predictably pushing for royalty-free use.  On Friday, the Digital Media Associatio... Read More...

Yahoo, AOL, and RealNetworks must now pay ASCAP royalties potentially approaching $100 million, according to a federal court decision emerging Wednesday. The decision, issued by the US District Court for the... Read More...

Over the past few months, SoundExchange has been wrangling over internet radio royalty rates. But the label and artist representative has also been discussing future rate structures with the satellite radio ... Read More...

Independent and unsigned artists are no longer required to waive digital rights to gain airplay on Clear Channel Radio affiliates, thanks to a quiet move by the company. As part of a payola-related settlemen... Read More...

SoundExchange recently defended a revised streaming radio royalty rate structure as passed by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), arguing that the ruling was "fair". In a statement issued Thursday, SoundExcha... Read More...

The recording industry may be bleeding, but other areas of the music business are growing, and even booming in some cases. The latest example comes from the publishing sector, specifically performance rights... Read More...