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Federal Court Rules SoundExchange Lacks Standing in SiriusXM Royalty Dispute

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Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed SoundExchange's $150 million lawsuit against SiriusXM, finding that the performance rights organization lacks legal...more

White & Case LLP

Streaming royalties are music to private equity's ears

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Dependable recurring income from digital music rights is attracting major investment from PE funds - Streaming has made song rights one of the most compelling emerging asset classes going....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Dueling Pianos – Copyright Rules for Digital Music Delivery Almost in Harmony

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As we reported this spring, the “Music Modernization Act” (MMA) working through Congress avowed to bring the royalty determination formula for digital music services into the 21st Century. In April, the House of...more

Bracewell LLP

House Unanimously Passes Music Modernization Act – Paves the Way for Major Updates to Digital Music Royalty Ecosystem

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A major upgrade for music copyright and licensing laws is one step closer to reality with the U.S. House of Representative's unanimous passage of HR 5447, dubbed the Music Modernization Act ("MMA"), which is aimed at...more

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Music and the Blockchain

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The promise of blockchain technology for the music industry is its ability to solve the problem of “shared facts” and to provide transparency in real time or near-real time. Advancing digital technology has created new...more

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Copyright Royalty Board Issues Royalty Rate Increase to Pandora

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On December 16, 2015, the Copyright Royalty Board released its much-anticipated ruling, increasing the royalty amount that Pandora and other digital streaming services must pay to stream music in 2016. The CRB’s ruling, which...more

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SiriusXM and Pre-1972 Recordings Not So Happy Together

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The two founding members of the Turtles just prevailed in a lawsuit against SiriusXM sure to rock the music industry and, perhaps, take a lot of music out of circulation....more

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