PRS For Music has reported a record-breaking 2016 performance, after the total amount of royalties paid out to songwriters, composers and music publishers reached £527.6 million. The collecting society also ...
On the same week that the House Judiciary Committee passed 27-1 the new bill aimed at making the Register of Copyrights a Presidential appointee, another bill that has been eagerly ...
A large coalition of organisations covering all sectors of the US music community has asked Congress to act to fix the safe harbours provisions in US copyright law if tech ...
Music licensing company PPL has become the first collective management organisation to sign an international performer agreement with the Jamaican CMO, Jamaican Music Society (JAMMS).
The signing with JAMMS, which ...
Royalty collection societies CISAC and ARIPO have teamed up to help boost the growth of the creative sector in Africa.
CISAC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ARIPO (African ...
Royalty distributions by US neighbouring rights society SoundExchange have reached an all-time high in 2016.
The Washington, DC-based non-profit society has announced year-end royalty payments of $884 million, an increase ...
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has reached a new five-year agreement with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) that sets the rates payable by over 10,000 ...
Rights here, rights now
Education by Andy Ellis, education and outreach manager, PRS For MusicPRS’ dedicated team of educators attend over 150 events throughout the year.
PPL: Get ready
We are revenue-focused Our core focus at PPL is on ensuring performers and record companies get paid where their music is broadcast or used in public. And our ...
The business of royalty collections is, in theory, marred by simplicity. A song, made up of a composition, the copyright of which goes to songwriters and publishers, and a recording, ...
