by Daniel Brouse For years, the music moguls, executives, record companies and other middlemen in music have been trying to pass this law – MMA The new law creates a “modern” music management company [Collective Management Organization (CMO)] staffed mainly by existing music management. All artists must pay the new entity. The new law also […]
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Music Modernization Act
Posted in Business, music, taxes
Also tagged ASCAP, BMI, MMA, Music Modernization Act, RIAA, SESAC, streaming music
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
by Daniel Brouse The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement being negotiated by twelve countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, United States, Vietnam, Chile, Brunei, Singapore, and New Zealand. The TPP will eliminate over 18,000 taxes, tariffs and other trade barriers. One of the largest benefits of the TPP will be […]
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Global Warming, Government, International, Law, Media, music, Politics, taxes
Also tagged fair trade, free trade, Intellectual Property (IP) RightsIntellectual Property (IP) Rights, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
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Happy Birthday Public!
US federal judge, George King, ruled that the original copyright was only granted for specific arrangements of the music, not the song itself. The original copyright was filed in 1935 under the name Good Morning To All by Mildred and Patty Hill. Warner/Chappell acquired the copyright in 1988; however, the Judge said, “The Hill sisters […]
Copyrights And Patents
by Daniel Brouse Though copyrights and patents are generally thought to protect the creator from the public, sometimes they may be thought to protect the public from the creator. A copyright offers protection to literary and musical works. In the United States a copyright’s duration is usually for the life of the author plus 70 […]
Posted in freedom, Government, Law, Media, Philosophy, Politics, War And Peace
Also tagged Adolf Hitler, dangerous book, expires, farmers, Mein Kampf, Monsanto, Nazi, patent, Roundup Ready, soybeans
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