Hartwig Masuch, the CEO of Bertelsmann's music division BMG, advocated for a fairer and more transparent music industry, while also taking a stand in favour of...
ECSA, the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, is one of the leading organisations speaking on behalf of music creators in Europe. Founded in 2006, ECSA regroups...
US Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) has introduced the Protect Working Musicians Act, a legislation that would help artists and music creators to negotiate fairer rates and...
Canadian artists and songwriters have joined forces to ask their government to amend the country's copyright law to make room for a provision granting them ownership...
By Emmanuel LegrandBMG's initiative to eliminate what is known as the "controlled composition" clause in its US recording contracts could lead to radical changes in the...
P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } How one e-mail from Pandora's founder Tim Westergren turned an artist into an activist. [An edited version of this story was...
By Emmanuel Legrand In the April issue of British music magazine Word, writer David Hepworth quotes the late Dick James, music publisher extraordinaire, from a 1973...