The National Music Publishers’ Association is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube. The lawsuit contends that YouTube is hosting video clips that the plaintiffs hold copyrights to… while YouTube states they are complying with copyright law by removing any such clips immediately after notification.
Other plaintiffs include Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Viacom Inc., the media company that owns MTV.
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Bars featuring cover bands watch your back…
Nightclubs, bars, restaurants and other establishments featuring live artists that perform cover songs written by famous musicians are being targeted by music copyright companies in an effort collect royalty fees.
A $210,000 copyright infringement lawsuit was recently filed by a group of 13 licensing companies against the owner of the SaltyDawg II, an East Side Tuscan bar. Details related to the specific infringement in this case are not available, but possibilities include live musicians, karaoke, and the jukebox.
There’s more… according to a press release from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), this lawsuit is one of 26 recently filed against bars, restaurants and nightclubs in 17 states.
Unbelievable.
Read more about this case on the Tuscan Citizen website.
If you are a remixer or producer, you should check out this remix contest… The Chemical Brothers have offered the raw audio files for “The Salmon Dance” - their new single from the “We are the Night” album. This song features Fatlip, a Los Angeles-born hip hop musician who started his career in The Pharcyde.
You need to have a MySpace page in order to enter this contest…
Click here for the official rules and raw audio sources.
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A multi-million dollar lawsuit has been filed by Eminem’s music publisher alleging that Apple has violated copyright laws by allowing unauthorized downloads of Eminem’s songs.
Apparently, this may not be the last lawsuit of this nature.
The issue surrounding this lawsuit is whether record labels hold the right to authorize downloads of their recording artist’s songs or whether they require additional permission from the music publishers… who also hold copyrights to the lyrics and sheet music.
Eminem’s music publisher and copyright manager, Eight Mile Style LLC and Martin Affiliated LLC, are alleging that even though Apple does pay a portion of the revenues to Universal Music Group - they have never authorized Universal to allow the downloads of Eminem’s songs.
Just so you know… of the 99 cents that Apple collects from one downloaded Eminem song, the recording label gets 70 cents, out of which it pays 9.1 cents in royalties to the artist publisher (the artist get nothing)… but only if the download is considered a sale. If a download is considered a licensing agreement, then the label and the artist would split the 60.9 cents equally.
Seems like Eminem needs to talk to his record label.
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