On Friday, December 30th, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) officially accepted a negotiated music industry settlement that sets songwriters’ streaming royalty rates from January 1st, 2023, through 2027.
Month: December 2022
Copyright Protection of Photographs: a Comparative Analysis Between France, Germany and Italy
Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. As is known, originality has always been the essential requirement of copyright law, and only works that show some minimum amount of this attribute usually fall within the scope of protection. Nevertheless, the Berne Convention does not explicitly state that only original photographic works can be protected, nor does it contain any precise statutory definition of “originality”.
Former ticket touts ordered to pay back £6 million
Two former ticket touts who were jailed in 2020 after being found guilty of fraudulent conduct in connection with their ticket touting business have been ordered to pay back £6,167,522.02 of the money they made from that fraudulent enterprise.
Read More: https://completemusicupdate.com/article/former-ticket-touts-ordered-to-pay-back-6-million/
Taylor Swift: Judge dismisses Shake It Off copyright lawsuit
A US lawsuit alleging that Taylor Swift stole lyrics for her hit song Shake It Off has been dismissed by a judge.
Songwriters Sean Hall and Nate Butler had claimed the pop star lifted lyrics in her song’s chorus from their own hit Playas Gon’ Play. Swift denied being aware of the song prior to the lawsuit.
Read More: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63956480
Austrian collecting society AKM allies with licensing hub ICE
Austrian song rights collecting society AKM has announced a new deal with licensing hub ICE, meaning it will directly participate in the ICE Core venture, which negotiates licensing deals with multi-territory digital music services on behalf of various music publishers and collecting societies.
Advocacy groups make last-ditch plea to Schumer for vote on antitrust bills
A coalition of advocacy groups is making a last-ditch plea to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to prioritize passing several antitrust bills targeting tech giants with just three weeks to go before the end of the year, and only two until Christmas.
Judiciary Committee in US House Of Representatives approves radio royalty proposals
The Judiciary Committee of the US House Of Representatives yesterday approved the American Music Fairness Act, which would introduce a radio royalty for artists and record labels in America for the first time. The approval has been widely welcomed by the music community.
Nevermind baby makes filing with US appeals court in ongoing artwork dispute
Last week Spencer Elden – who, as a baby, appeared nude on the famous cover of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album – continued his legal battle in relation to that artwork, filing papers with the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in the US.
The Creator Economy is the future of the economy
Nearly 60 million Americans—as much as 40% to 50% of the workforce in some cities—are members of the Creative Class, meaning they are directly employed to work with their intelligence and creativity, in fields spanning the arts and culture, science and innovation, and the knowledge-based professions. This is up from just 10% to 15% of the U.S. workforce in 1980.
Read More: https://www.fastcompany.com/90812387/the-creator-economy-is-the-future-of-the-economy
2 Live Crew urges US judge to dismiss lawsuit seeking to block a termination right claim
Members of 2 Live Crew have called on a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them by Florida-based Lil Joe Records and to confirm that they can terminate a 1980s record deal and reclaim the rights in all the recordings released under that deal.
US Congressional committee to consider latest radio royalty proposal this week
The Judiciary Committee of the US House Of Representatives will this week discuss the proposed American Music Fairness Act which would introduce a radio royalty for recordings into American copyright law for the first time.
Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster over The Eras Tour ticketing meltdown
A group of Taylor Swift fans have sued Live Nation’s Ticketmaster over all the issues that occurred when tickets went on sale for her 2023 US tour because, well, of course they have.
Now Triller says it’s exploring revenue share deals with major labels (while being sued by Sony)
Video-sharing social networking service Triller, the US-based challenger to TikTok, says that it is exploring revenue share deals with major labels.
Triller Removes Music From the Major Labels and Merlin Amid Unpaid-Royalties Rumors
About three months after being named in a multimillion-dollar copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sony Music, Triller has officially removed the music of the Big Three labels as well as Merlin.
Read More: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2022/12/02/triller-music-removal/
Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Reach Tentative Agreement on Contract
The contract is still subject to ratification by Equity members.
Actors’ Equity and the Broadway League reached a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement for Broadway shows and sit-down production, the two parties said Thursday.
22 best data sources to understand the music industry in 2022
It’s that time of year again. Music marketers are bracing for the worst of the Q4 crunch to be over. Mariah Carey’s accountant is browsing speedboat catalogues. And Music Ally is kicking off a new series of end-of-year roundups looking back at 2022.
Read More: https://musically.com/2022/12/01/best-data-music-industry-2022/
Merck Mercuriadis criticises CMA for “passing the buck” on streaming market issues
Hipgnosis chief Merck Mercuriadis has criticised the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority for, as he sees it, confirming the issues faced by artists and songwriters in the music streaming economy, but then choosing to do nothing about them.