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Stephen Colbert Olympics coverage explains trademark law

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 2 2010

Getting legal education from a fake news program is always dangerous, but a recent episode of the Stephen Colbert Show nicely demonstrated trademark law

Using music in advertising or in a video production? Secure the necessary rights - ASCAP, BMI and SESAC licenses are not enough

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 5 2010

Using music in commercials is not as simple as just paying your ASCAP, BMI and SESAC royalties

Warner Music says no more music for streaming - what does it mean for US webcasters?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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February 14 2010

According to British press reports, Warner Music's CEO Edger Bronfman Jr. stated that it will cease making its music available to advertising supported streaming music sites

The basics of music licensing in digital media

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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March 10 2010

Businesses that are involved in digital media use music in many ways and most require some sort of license to make the use legal

Judge orders ASCAP fees for radio to drop - on an interim basis

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 19 2010

Last week, a US District Court Judge adopted a new interim rate to be paid by commercial radio broadcasters to ASCAP for the use of ASCAP-licensed music by over-the-air radio stations, reducing the fees paid by the industry by about $40 million dollars, or about 20 of the total that had been paid by the industry under the rate deal that expired at the end of 2009

Copyright Royalty Board sets comment date on internet radio minimum fee settlement

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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January 6 2010

Last year’s Court of Appeals decision on Internet radio royalties for 2006-2010 remanded one issue to the Copyright Royalty Board for further consideration the issue of the minimum annual fee to be paid by each webcaster

ASCAP and BMI enter into agreement with RMLC for interim reductions in radio royalties until final fees are set

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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December 28 2009

The Radio Music Licensing Committee ("RMLC") has announced that it has entered into agreements with both ASCAP and BMI for interim royalties to be paid by commercial radio stations until final royalties are set

ASCAP and BMI - another royalty battle for broadcasters?

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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October 3 2009

While we have written much about the battle over the broadcast performance royalty (or the "performance tax" as broadcasters call it) - whether broadcasters will have to pay artists and record labels for the right to play their music on the air - we have not written much about another looming issue with the royalties that broadcasters must pay to play music on their stations

Senate Judiciary Committee approves broadcast performance royalty - with issues yet to resolve

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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October 15 2009

The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved the bill to impose a performance royalty (or the "performance tax" as the NAB had called it) on radio broadcasters for the public performance of sound recordings on their over-the-air stations

Pureplay webcasters and SoundExchange enter into deal under Webcaster Settlement Act to offer internet radio royalty rate alternative for 2006-2015

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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July 7 2009

A settlement under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 was signed today by SoundExchange and a group of webcasters that I represented in the Copyright Royalty Board proceeding to determine the royalty rates for the use of sound recordings by Internet Radio stations for the period from 2006-2010

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