Royalties
(Hypebot) — Good news for songwriters! Just last week, a new increase in songwriting royalty rates was announced. Here’s what it means… by Bobby ...
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Stanford Study Suggests Bands That Split Royalties Equally Are More Successful
(Hypebot) — A recent study by Sarah Polcz of Stanford Law School finds that bands that split their royalty income evenly were more successful ...
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Why You’re Not Making Money From Music Streams
(Hypebot) — Let me tell you a little secret… the reason you’re not seeing streaming revenue is that no one is discovering your ...
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Chris Castle: How New Mechanical Royalties Could Affect Indie Labels
(Hypebot) — Music Industry expert Chris Castle goes in-depth on how newer record labels may be positively and negatively affected if mechanical rates increase. ...
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Two Lawsuits Could Reshape How Much Labels Pay Artists For Streaming
(Hypebot) — Two lawsuits – one involving indie artist Four Tet and the other legendary rockers Orleans – take aim at how record ...
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Are Mechanical Rates ACTUALLY Increasing?
(Hypebot) — The Copyright Royalty Board announced plans to increase the mechanical royalty rates for product sales, which is great for songwriters. But ...
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Will Raised Mechanical Rates Lead To Higher Download Prices?
(Hypebot) — With the likelihood of increased mechanical rates on the rise, we must now ask the question: How will this affect the digital ...
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Chris Castle On How Unfrozen Mechanicals affect Controlled Compositions
(Hypebot) — Because of the rate fixing date which is frozen by contract (the Mini Ice Age) the artist/songwriter will be paying a ...
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How Will The New Physical Mechanical Rates Effect Valuations?
(Hypebot) — The Copyright Royalty Judges offered a breath of fresh air in the contentious and labyrinthine Phonorecords III and IV proceedings by ...
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Why Are There Royalty Black Boxes
(Hypebot) — Each year millions of dollars of royalties seem to vanish into thin air, never going back to the deserving songwriters, and ...
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