On January 15th, the Department of Justice announced it has ended its two-year review of the 80-year old consent decrees that govern the operation of the largest music performing rights organizations in the United States:...more
1. Registration of a song with a PRO does not provide any copyright protection.-
The most common misunderstanding I encounter from songwriters is that registering their songs with one of the U.S. music performance rights...more
Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service, was sued last week for over $366 million by two music publishers, Bluewater Music Services in Nashville and a group of companies affiliated with Bob Gaudio, the...more