Royalties
(Hypebot) – Are you getting paid all the songwriter mechanical royalties due you? Learn how The MLC works to ensure proper payments to ...
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Robert Plant’s Royalty Payments Released
LONDON (CelebrityAccess) – Recently filed financial accounts reveal that Robert Plant received £7 million in dividend payments from royalties during the financial year ending ...
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MLC Sues Spotify For Unpaid Songwriter Royalties, Spotify Responds
(Hypebot) — The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, seeking what it says are unpaid royalties due under its ...
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MLC To Distribute $400M More To Songwriters, Publishers After Final Royalty Rate Determination
(Hypebot) — The MLC announced that songwriters and music publishers should expect additional payments for 2021-2022 from a total of nearly $400 million ...
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UK’s Intellectual Property Office Weighs Changes To Royalty Payments For Foreign Artists
LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — The United Kingdom is weighing potential changes to the nation’s copyright law that, if implemented, may require broadcasters and venues ...
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US Raises Physical and Download Royalties 3.3%, Streaming Left Unchanged
(Hypebot) — The US Copyright Royalty Board has announced that the minimum mechanical royalty rate paid on CD, vinyl, cassette, and download sales ...
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Spotify Announces The Details Of Its Streaming And Royalty Policy Update
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CelebrityAccess) — The music streaming giant, Spotify, has unveiled the anticipated changes to its royalty distribution policies, which it says will ...
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Streaming’s Problems Will Not Be Fixed By Royalties Alone
(Hypebot) — After Universal and Deezer’s royalty proposal made headlines, Mark Mulligan of consultancy MIDiA explained that much more needs to be considered to fix the ...
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Jason Derulo Hit With Lawsuit Over Alleged Unpaid ‘Savage Love’ Royalties
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) – In addition to Lizzo and Dua Lipa, another lawsuit against a major artist has been filed, this time alleging ...
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UMG Wants To Change How Streamers Pay Artists: Here’s How
(Hypebot) — Recent announcements of UMG experiments with music streamers Deezer and Tidal and subsequent interviews offer a glimpse of how the world’s ...
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