By Emmanuel Legrand The licensing framework for sound recordings is in need of an overhaul to allow more autonomy for rights holders to negotiate fairer deals...
By Emmanuel Legrand Regardless of what you think about who's right and who's wrong in the Taylor Swift v. Scott Borchetta/Scooter Braun family feud, Swift has...
By Emmanuel Legrand The US Copyright Office (USCO) has designated on July 5 the two entities that will operate the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) and the...
by Emmanuel Legrand SGAE's crisis reached a tipping point after the struggling Spanish rights society's general assembly failed to endorse on June 24 the proposed changes...
By Emmanuel Legrand The US Register of Copyright Karyn Temple has strongly endorsed the the possibility of a small claims tribunal within the Copyright Office (USCO)...
By Emmanuel Legrand Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) have introduced in the US Senate the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broader...
Robert Ashcroft After ten years as CEO of PRS for Music, Robert Ashcroft has left British authors' society to be replaced by Andrea Martin. During his...
By Emmanuel Legrand The US music community is preparing for a long battle ahead following the decision by the Antitrust Division at the US Department of...
By Emmanuel Legrand SGAE has been given a year to clean up its act by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers. CISAC has...
By Emmanuel Legrand Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo addressingthe 2019 CISAC General Assembly in Tokyo. Photo (C): JASRAC Fair remuneration from digital services, better protection for...
