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Lake Isabella/Mount Pleasant, Michigan, radio station WRAX-FM has surrendered its license to operate to the FCC, before the agency held a scheduled hearing on whether the station's license should be renewed. The FCC scheduled that hearing on August 3. MORE
As we wrote here , at the FCC’s December meeting, the FCC was scheduled to adopt an order eliminating the requirement that broadcasters post a physical copy of their licenses and other instruments of authorization at their control points or transmitter sites. As a station’s licenses are now generally available online, the FCC stated that they saw no reason to require that they be posted at station locations not normally accessible to the public. MORE
Department of Justice re-interpreting the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees to require 100% licensing and prohibiting partial withdrawal. –Will songwriters have to indemnify PROs for antitrust violations of failing to renegotiate licenses? –How DOJ’s new rule is actually anticompetitive and anticompetitive aspects of direct licensing. –Is DOJ rule Google’s payback to Pharrell Williams refusing to license for YouTube? MORE
This is a recording of a webinar about the Mechanical Licensing Collective that I did with Abby North and Gwen Seale, sponsored by Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Austin Texas Musicians and Austin Music Foundation. There was no blanket compulsory license. MORE
It has been proposed that difficulties in negotiating cross-licenses John Howells, University of Aarhus, and Ron D. Katznelson, Bi-Level Technologies, have published The Coordination of Independently-Owned Vacuum Tube Patents in the Early Radio Alleged Patent ''Thicket''. Here is the abstract. MORE
The “Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act” claims to make things easier for coffee shops, bars and restaurants who want to license music to play in their establishments. podcast the future of what kill rock stars transparency in music licensing and ownership music industry music business congress bill legislation future of music coalition. MORE
We’ve referred a couple of times to the “DMCA license” a detestable phrase that I heard around the SXSW tech panels used as though it actually meant something. Corey Field went to the trouble of actually explaining why there is no such thing as a DMCA license without the serving of bile that accompanied my own. See “ The DMCA License MORE
As we have written before, the next license renewal cycle begins on June 1, 2019 , with radio stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia submitting their applications. Earlier this month, I conducted a webinar for several state broadcast associations to help stations in those states start to look at their operations to avoid issues that might otherwise come up in with their license renewals. MORE
A magistrate judge potentially deals a blow to some 10,000 radio stations fighting licensing demands over songs by Bruce Springsteen, Prince, and Bruno Mars, among other superstars. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
The way it looks at the moment, if you don’t pay to “Play Your Part” with the mechanical licensing collective (or more precisely with The MLC, Inc.) If Apple is picking up the lyric licenses, etc., The mechanical licensing collective (currently The MLC, Inc.) MORE
–A licensing roadmap overlay for entrepreneurship studies. It’s far too frequent that entrepreneurs spend more time developing their product roadmap and critical path than they do developing their licensing roadmap side by side with the product. That way when a startup gets to launch there is less likelihood they will go into the terminal holding pattern or worse–launch without licenses. Click Here to Vote on Panel Picker. MORE
But, starting next month, there will be a whole new set of deadlines about which broadcasters need to be concerned, as April 1 is when the first pre-filing announcements for broadcast license renewals will begin , signaling the start of the 3-year long radio renewal cycle. The 3-year TV license renewal cycle will begin at the same time next year. MORE
Licensors of software typically utilize software license agreements providing for their ownership of the licensed software and related IP, as well as restrictions barring licensees from reverse engineering the code at issue. The scope of protection, of course, depends on the final language of the licensing agreement and disputes can arise when licensees decide to develop similar software in-house, or with a third party. MORE
Also, broadcasters in several states, with an eye on the June 1 deadline, should be preparing now to file applications for license renewal or to prepare and upload to their public inspection file EEO public file reports, demonstrating their compliance with the FCC’s equal employment opportunity requirements. See our article, here , about preparing for license renewal. MORE
Lemley, Stanford Law School, has published Intellectual Property and Shrinkwrap Licenses. Mark A. Here is the abstract. Intellectual property -- right, wrong, or indifferent -- is well on its way to becoming irrelevant in the computer world. The reason is MORE
Does a song have to be registered with the copyright office before you can obtain a license to use it in your film or other project? Clearing a piece of music simply involves tracking down the rightful owner or owners and getting the required permission in the form of a license. Then, contact those folks with your license request, and you’re good. Even if the music in question is NEVER registered with the copyright office, you can obtain a license. MORE
Who can forget the nightmare of the Justice Department’s counterproductive flirtation with 100% licensing the last time the DOJ reviewed the consent decrees. ( We covered the 100% licensing head fake in a podcast and a guide to 100% licensing.). Since then, the Congress passed the Music Modernization Act, which includes a massive overhaul of the mechanical licensing system which is currently the subject of an implementing rule making. MORE
Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media. We’ll navigate typical composing and licensing agreements, shed light on strategies for negotiating the best possible deal, and highlight the most common pitfalls. Event: Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media is a post from: The Law Offices of Gordon P. Events Arts License Licensing Music Music industry Music licensing Television MORE
All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. All songs may be licensed under both SESAC and GMR’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice. All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice. MORE
All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. All songs may be licensed under both SESAC and GMR’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice. All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice. MORE
As we wrote here , at the FCC’s December meeting, the FCC was scheduled to adopt an order eliminating the requirement that broadcasters post a physical copy of their licenses and other instruments of authorization at their control points or transmitter sites. As a station’s licenses are now generally available online, the FCC stated that they saw no reason to require that they be posted at station locations not normally accessible to the public. MORE
Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center, has published All of This Has Happened Before and All of This Will Happen Again: Innovation in Copyright Licensing at 28 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1447 (2014). Here is the abstract. Claims that copyright MORE
There is a company called LyricFind that licenses lyrics for many publishers according to their advertising. Wixen notes in the complaint: Pandora may claim that it had obtained licenses to display the lyrics to the Musical Compositions from one or more sources, including an entity called LyricFind, the self-proclaimed “largest lyric licensing service” in the world, which claims that it “has licensing from over 4,000 music publishers, including all majors.” MORE
I dreamed up a startling new technique to attempt to divine whether the true purpose of the controversial Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act (or…”TIMLOA”?) I determined that the safe harbors in the Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act (or as it’s been called, The Shiv Act) was actually designed to protect the biggest of big business. Is it common in music licensing legislation to find such protections? MORE
It is not widely known that songwriters are highly regulated by the government through two primary mechanisms — the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees dating from the middle of the last century and the compulsory mechanical license dating from 1909. The Congress should consider abandoning both in favor of voluntary licenses. ASCAP and BMI each grant blanket licenses for the exclusive right to publicly perform the millions of songs each represents. MORE
via @davidclowery: A Compromise Proposal to Fix Streaming Royalties,Licensing and Notification — Artist Rights Watch. irespectmusic campaign In a Goolag State of Mind Collective Licensing David Lowery Mass NOIsI have a feeling I’m about to wander off the reservation here. I say this because what I’m about to propose is essentially a modification of a potential legislative proposal that rumor has it the NMPA is floating. MORE
In this video, Entertainment Lawyer Gordon Firemark answers a question about licensing film and video materials for online use. This question and answer brought to you by: Asked & Answered – How to license film and video clips? This is intended as general information only and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. MORE
It’s the old ISP licensing hash rehashed and served up as if nothing happened–but using The MLC as a justification. It created a new blanket license for musical compositions, covering downloads and interactive streaming. A Blanket License for the Internet. MORE
Jamie wrote in with an interesting question about music licensing in theatre… Hi, I am Gordon Firemark and this is asked and answered, where I take your entertainment law questions so you can get your career and business in entertainment to the next level. Here’s Jamie’s question: “I am researching the licensing needed for rehearsals, as well as recording live performances, for a children’s musical theater group, set up as an LLC, with monthly fees. MORE
You probably didn’t know that the Obama Department of Justice has been conducting invitation only conference calls with songwriters about the DOJ’s proposed 100% licensing regime they’d like to impose by means of the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. And that’s about the only thing that’s transparent about this 100% licensing adventure conducted by the Obama Administration. doj In a Goolag State of Mind Uncategorized 100% Licensing DOJ Corrpution MORE
Sensenbrenner introduced the Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act last year, we roundly criticized the bill as an 11th Century solution to a 21st Century problem, the Domesday Book meets a unicorn. With all the talk about the controversial Music Modernization Act, one would have thought that a pre-condition of introducing the bill is that the Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act would have been withdrawn. MORE
A funny but true short video from Crunch Digital that documents how app developers deal with music licensing! via @crunchdigital: “Got Licenses?” — Artist Rights Watch MORE
Please vote for my creator and startup licensing panel at SXSW.EDU. If the latest Spotify litigation shows anything it’s the importance of licensing education. A licensing roadmap overlay for entrepreneurship studies. It’s far too frequent that entrepreneurs spend more time developing their product roadmap and critical path than they do developing their licensing roadmap side by side with the product. Deadline for SXSW Panel Picker is today! MORE
Copyright Office is conducting a “ Music Licensing Study ” as part of the government’s overall review of the U.S. This post proposes allowing songwriters to “opt out” of the compulsory mechanical license required under Section 115 of the Copyright Act. One of the questions on the Copyright Office Roundtable Agenda is a discussion of successful licensing models. See Credit Check: Serial Bad Actors Should Lose Access to Compulsory Licenses.) MORE
The sports network sued BMI in February 2016, claiming that licensing demands for broadcasting ambient music were unreasonable. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Business THR Online MORE
Mechanical Licensing Collective Surveys Artist Rights Watch The MLCPlease take a moment and complete the ArtistRightsWatch new anonymous 10 question survey regarding The MLC at this link. We’re gathering general anonymized information about how songwriters and publishers have heard about The MLC and whether you think an independent advocate (or an “ombudsman”) would be useful to you. This will help us plan future programming and input. MORE
This Friday, I’ll be presenting a webinar on music rights and licensing in theatre, Admission is free, and space is limited to 50 attendees. I’ll explore the various ways in which music is used in theatrical entertainment, from traditional- and jukebox musicals, to incidental, scene-change music, to concert and cabaret performance. You’ll learn about the rights issues that arise in this area, and how to efficiently and effectively secure the permissions needed. MORE
BMI scores a legal win over the Justice Department. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
It appears that after receiving thousands of public comments from songwriters, publishers and commenters who racked their brains to offer practical and solutions-oriented ideas to help solve the music licensing issues so prevalent in our business, the Department of Justice has turned up their nose at these ideas in what Rep. cases frequently cited for this principle all involve voluntary licenses by one of the co-owners. But don’t call it voluntary licenses. MORE
MTP Podcasts 100% Licensing DOJ Appeal Maria Pallante MORE
The Washington Supreme Court has voted 7-2 to end the state’s pioneering Limited License Legal Technicians program, a first-of-its-kind program that the court created in 2012 in an effort to help address the unmet legal needs of residents who could not afford a lawyer. MORE
Next week we will kick things off with a discussion of the Department of Justice [sic] ruling on 100% licensing and partial withdrawals. Uncategorized 100% Licensing chris castle David Lowery MTP Podcast Steve WinogradskyThe MusicTechPolicy podcast is back! Participants will be David Lowery, Steve Winogradsky of Winogradsky/Sobel and author of Music Publishing: The Complete Guide and me. Watch this space for links to the podcast when it is completed, probably August 10/11. MORE
In this video, Entertainment Lawyer Gordon Firemark answers a question about licensing music on a shoestring. Is it wise to get a “Festival only license?” ” Or, should filmmakers get more comprehensive licenses. And, how the licensing request is made. This question and answer brought to you by: Asked & Answered – How to license music for low budget film is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P. MORE
As best we can tell from the outside looking in, this chart has the dates for key events in the critical path to launch for the Mechanical Licensing Collective as required by the Music Modernization Act. ” Recall that the Register of Copyrights gets to pick the entity to operate as the Mechanical Licensing Collective. So who’s behind the American Music Licensing Collective, exactly? The countdown to the License Availability Date: 770 days from now. MORE
License Related Topics Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 4, 2021
The way it looks at the moment, if you don’t pay to “Play Your Part” with the mechanical licensing collective (or more precisely with The MLC, Inc.) If Apple is picking up the lyric licenses, etc., The mechanical licensing collective (currently The MLC, Inc.)
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 27, 2021
This is a recording of a webinar about the Mechanical Licensing Collective that I did with Abby North and Gwen Seale, sponsored by Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Austin Texas Musicians and Austin Music Foundation. There was no blanket compulsory license.
Music Technology Policy
MAY 31, 2020
It’s the old ISP licensing hash rehashed and served up as if nothing happened–but using The MLC as a justification. It created a new blanket license for musical compositions, covering downloads and interactive streaming. A Blanket License for the Internet.
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 25, 2020
Mechanical Licensing Collective Surveys Artist Rights Watch The MLCPlease take a moment and complete the ArtistRightsWatch new anonymous 10 question survey regarding The MLC at this link. We’re gathering general anonymized information about how songwriters and publishers have heard about The MLC and whether you think an independent advocate (or an “ombudsman”) would be useful to you. This will help us plan future programming and input.
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Who can forget the nightmare of the Justice Department’s counterproductive flirtation with 100% licensing the last time the DOJ reviewed the consent decrees. ( We covered the 100% licensing head fake in a podcast and a guide to 100% licensing.). Since then, the Congress passed the Music Modernization Act, which includes a massive overhaul of the mechanical licensing system which is currently the subject of an implementing rule making.
Gordon P. Firemark
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Jamie wrote in with an interesting question about music licensing in theatre… Hi, I am Gordon Firemark and this is asked and answered, where I take your entertainment law questions so you can get your career and business in entertainment to the next level. Here’s Jamie’s question: “I am researching the licensing needed for rehearsals, as well as recording live performances, for a children’s musical theater group, set up as an LLC, with monthly fees.
Gordon P. Firemark
DECEMBER 6, 2013
In this video, Entertainment Lawyer Gordon Firemark answers a question about licensing music on a shoestring. Is it wise to get a “Festival only license?” ” Or, should filmmakers get more comprehensive licenses. And, how the licensing request is made. This question and answer brought to you by: Asked & Answered – How to license music for low budget film is a post from: Law Offices of Gordon P.
Media Law
JUNE 9, 2020
The Washington Supreme Court has voted 7-2 to end the state’s pioneering Limited License Legal Technicians program, a first-of-its-kind program that the court created in 2012 in an effort to help address the unmet legal needs of residents who could not afford a lawyer.
Gordon P. Firemark
APRIL 11, 2011
Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media. We’ll navigate typical composing and licensing agreements, shed light on strategies for negotiating the best possible deal, and highlight the most common pitfalls. Event: Composer and Music Licensing Agreements for Film, TV, & New Media is a post from: The Law Offices of Gordon P. Events Arts License Licensing Music Music industry Music licensing Television
Broadcast Law Blog
APRIL 29, 2021
Also, broadcasters in several states, with an eye on the June 1 deadline, should be preparing now to file applications for license renewal or to prepare and upload to their public inspection file EEO public file reports, demonstrating their compliance with the FCC’s equal employment opportunity requirements. See our article, here , about preparing for license renewal.
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 14, 2014
Copyright Office is conducting a “ Music Licensing Study ” as part of the government’s overall review of the U.S. This post proposes allowing songwriters to “opt out” of the compulsory mechanical license required under Section 115 of the Copyright Act. One of the questions on the Copyright Office Roundtable Agenda is a discussion of successful licensing models. See Credit Check: Serial Bad Actors Should Lose Access to Compulsory Licenses.)
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 31, 2017
The sports network sued BMI in February 2016, claiming that licensing demands for broadcasting ambient music were unreasonable. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 19, 2019
There is a company called LyricFind that licenses lyrics for many publishers according to their advertising. Wixen notes in the complaint: Pandora may claim that it had obtained licenses to display the lyrics to the Musical Compositions from one or more sources, including an entity called LyricFind, the self-proclaimed “largest lyric licensing service” in the world, which claims that it “has licensing from over 4,000 music publishers, including all majors.”
Gordon P. Firemark
DECEMBER 20, 2013
In this video, Entertainment Lawyer Gordon Firemark answers a question about licensing film and video materials for online use. This question and answer brought to you by: Asked & Answered – How to license film and video clips? This is intended as general information only and does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
Broadcast Law Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
As we wrote here , at the FCC’s December meeting, the FCC was scheduled to adopt an order eliminating the requirement that broadcasters post a physical copy of their licenses and other instruments of authorization at their control points or transmitter sites. As a station’s licenses are now generally available online, the FCC stated that they saw no reason to require that they be posted at station locations not normally accessible to the public.
Gordon P. Firemark
MARCH 12, 2012
This Friday, I’ll be presenting a webinar on music rights and licensing in theatre, Admission is free, and space is limited to 50 attendees. I’ll explore the various ways in which music is used in theatrical entertainment, from traditional- and jukebox musicals, to incidental, scene-change music, to concert and cabaret performance. You’ll learn about the rights issues that arise in this area, and how to efficiently and effectively secure the permissions needed.
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 22, 2014
It has been proposed that difficulties in negotiating cross-licenses John Howells, University of Aarhus, and Ron D. Katznelson, Bi-Level Technologies, have published The Coordination of Independently-Owned Vacuum Tube Patents in the Early Radio Alleged Patent ''Thicket''. Here is the abstract.
New Media and Technology Law
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Licensors of software typically utilize software license agreements providing for their ownership of the licensed software and related IP, as well as restrictions barring licensees from reverse engineering the code at issue. The scope of protection, of course, depends on the final language of the licensing agreement and disputes can arise when licensees decide to develop similar software in-house, or with a third party.
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
MTP Podcasts 100% Licensing DOJ Appeal Maria Pallante
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 11, 2017
All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. All songs may be licensed under both SESAC and GMR’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice. All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 29, 2018
Sensenbrenner introduced the Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act last year, we roundly criticized the bill as an 11th Century solution to a 21st Century problem, the Domesday Book meets a unicorn. With all the talk about the controversial Music Modernization Act, one would have thought that a pre-condition of introducing the bill is that the Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act would have been withdrawn.
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 23, 2019
Please vote for my creator and startup licensing panel at SXSW.EDU. If the latest Spotify litigation shows anything it’s the importance of licensing education. A licensing roadmap overlay for entrepreneurship studies. It’s far too frequent that entrepreneurs spend more time developing their product roadmap and critical path than they do developing their licensing roadmap side by side with the product. Deadline for SXSW Panel Picker is today!
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
The “Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act” claims to make things easier for coffee shops, bars and restaurants who want to license music to play in their establishments. podcast the future of what kill rock stars transparency in music licensing and ownership music industry music business congress bill legislation future of music coalition.
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 6, 2013
We’ve referred a couple of times to the “DMCA license” a detestable phrase that I heard around the SXSW tech panels used as though it actually meant something. Corey Field went to the trouble of actually explaining why there is no such thing as a DMCA license without the serving of bile that accompanied my own. See “ The DMCA License
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 21, 2012
Lemley, Stanford Law School, has published Intellectual Property and Shrinkwrap Licenses. Mark A. Here is the abstract. Intellectual property -- right, wrong, or indifferent -- is well on its way to becoming irrelevant in the computer world. The reason is
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
A magistrate judge potentially deals a blow to some 10,000 radio stations fighting licensing demands over songs by Bruce Springsteen, Prince, and Bruno Mars, among other superstars. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 11, 2017
A funny but true short video from Crunch Digital that documents how app developers deal with music licensing! via @crunchdigital: “Got Licenses?” — Artist Rights Watch
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 23, 2018
As best we can tell from the outside looking in, this chart has the dates for key events in the critical path to launch for the Mechanical Licensing Collective as required by the Music Modernization Act. ” Recall that the Register of Copyrights gets to pick the entity to operate as the Mechanical Licensing Collective. So who’s behind the American Music Licensing Collective, exactly? The countdown to the License Availability Date: 770 days from now.
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 1, 2017
I dreamed up a startling new technique to attempt to divine whether the true purpose of the controversial Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act (or…”TIMLOA”?) I determined that the safe harbors in the Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act (or as it’s been called, The Shiv Act) was actually designed to protect the biggest of big business. Is it common in music licensing legislation to find such protections?
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2017
BMI scores a legal win over the Justice Department. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
As we have written before, the next license renewal cycle begins on June 1, 2019 , with radio stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia submitting their applications. Earlier this month, I conducted a webinar for several state broadcast associations to help stations in those states start to look at their operations to avoid issues that might otherwise come up in with their license renewals.
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. All songs may be licensed under both SESAC and GMR’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice. All songs may be licensed under either ASCAP or BMI’s blanket licenses. Obtain synchronization licenses from each party for their respective shares, as is current custom and practice.
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 7, 2019
–A licensing roadmap overlay for entrepreneurship studies. It’s far too frequent that entrepreneurs spend more time developing their product roadmap and critical path than they do developing their licensing roadmap side by side with the product. That way when a startup gets to launch there is less likelihood they will go into the terminal holding pattern or worse–launch without licenses. Click Here to Vote on Panel Picker.
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 28, 2017
via @davidclowery: A Compromise Proposal to Fix Streaming Royalties,Licensing and Notification — Artist Rights Watch. irespectmusic campaign In a Goolag State of Mind Collective Licensing David Lowery Mass NOIsI have a feeling I’m about to wander off the reservation here. I say this because what I’m about to propose is essentially a modification of a potential legislative proposal that rumor has it the NMPA is floating.
Broadcast Law Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
As we wrote here , at the FCC’s December meeting, the FCC was scheduled to adopt an order eliminating the requirement that broadcasters post a physical copy of their licenses and other instruments of authorization at their control points or transmitter sites. As a station’s licenses are now generally available online, the FCC stated that they saw no reason to require that they be posted at station locations not normally accessible to the public.
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 16, 2017
Lake Isabella/Mount Pleasant, Michigan, radio station WRAX-FM has surrendered its license to operate to the FCC, before the agency held a scheduled hearing on whether the station's license should be renewed. The FCC scheduled that hearing on August 3.
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 10, 2016
Department of Justice re-interpreting the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees to require 100% licensing and prohibiting partial withdrawal. –Will songwriters have to indemnify PROs for antitrust violations of failing to renegotiate licenses? –How DOJ’s new rule is actually anticompetitive and anticompetitive aspects of direct licensing. –Is DOJ rule Google’s payback to Pharrell Williams refusing to license for YouTube?
Music Technology Policy
JULY 5, 2016
It appears that after receiving thousands of public comments from songwriters, publishers and commenters who racked their brains to offer practical and solutions-oriented ideas to help solve the music licensing issues so prevalent in our business, the Department of Justice has turned up their nose at these ideas in what Rep. cases frequently cited for this principle all involve voluntary licenses by one of the co-owners. But don’t call it voluntary licenses.
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
It is not widely known that songwriters are highly regulated by the government through two primary mechanisms — the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees dating from the middle of the last century and the compulsory mechanical license dating from 1909. The Congress should consider abandoning both in favor of voluntary licenses. ASCAP and BMI each grant blanket licenses for the exclusive right to publicly perform the millions of songs each represents.
Broadcast Law Blog
MARCH 6, 2019
But, starting next month, there will be a whole new set of deadlines about which broadcasters need to be concerned, as April 1 is when the first pre-filing announcements for broadcast license renewals will begin , signaling the start of the 3-year long radio renewal cycle. The 3-year TV license renewal cycle will begin at the same time next year.
Music Technology Policy
JULY 12, 2016
You probably didn’t know that the Obama Department of Justice has been conducting invitation only conference calls with songwriters about the DOJ’s proposed 100% licensing regime they’d like to impose by means of the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. And that’s about the only thing that’s transparent about this 100% licensing adventure conducted by the Obama Administration. doj In a Goolag State of Mind Uncategorized 100% Licensing DOJ Corrpution
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center, has published All of This Has Happened Before and All of This Will Happen Again: Innovation in Copyright Licensing at 28 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1447 (2014). Here is the abstract. Claims that copyright
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 6, 2016
Next week we will kick things off with a discussion of the Department of Justice [sic] ruling on 100% licensing and partial withdrawals. Uncategorized 100% Licensing chris castle David Lowery MTP Podcast Steve WinogradskyThe MusicTechPolicy podcast is back! Participants will be David Lowery, Steve Winogradsky of Winogradsky/Sobel and author of Music Publishing: The Complete Guide and me. Watch this space for links to the podcast when it is completed, probably August 10/11.
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