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NAB Board comes to DC to discuss radio performance royalties - is there a deal in the works?

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2010

The debate over the proposed performance royalty (or "performance tax") on over-the-air radio is once again front page news in all of the broadcast trade press, as radio executives who make up the NAB Radio Board reportedly are making their way to Washington, DC to decide on whether to pursue a settlement with those seeking to impose the royalty

A guide to the basics of internet streaming and digital media legal issues - David Oxenford presentations to the Texas Association of Broadcasters

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 16 2010

So you want to start streaming your radio station on the Internet?

Copyright Royalty Board gives SoundExchange permission to use proxy information to distribute royalties

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2011

What does SoundExchange do when it collects royalties from an Internet radio operator, but the operator doesn't provide complete information about the songs that were played?

Beware - music use in podcasts, downloads and on-demand streams is not covered by your SoundExchange royalties

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 21 2011

Broadcasters beware - podcasts with music may be dangerous to your economic health

DMCA update: Copyright Office proposes changes to agent registration system to qualify for copyright safe harbor for user generated content

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2011

On Sept. 28, 2011, the Federal Register published the Copyright Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and request for comments on a proposal for a new system to register agents designated to receive take-down notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA

SoundExchange claims credit for shutting down webcaster who was not paying royalties

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 19 2011

SoundExchange claims on its website that webcaster SWCast

Claiming safe harbor protection for user generated content - Copyright Office proposes changes to registration of agent for service of take down notices

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2011

Do you allow the posting of content created by third parties on your website (e.g. videos, audio files, or even written comments)?

ASCAP cuts a deal with the radio industry on new royalties - no details as yet

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 5 2011

New ASCAP royalties are on their way to radio broadcasters

DMCA: Copyright Office proposes changes to agent registration system

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 29 2011

On Sept. 28, 2011, the Federal Register published the Copyright Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and request for comments on a proposal for a new system to register agents designated to receive take-down notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA

The debate over Sirius' attempt to directly license music - SoundExchange once said a marketplace negotiation to adjust for high rates "was to be expected"

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 8 2011

There have been many reports about the attempts by Sirius XM Radio to license music directly from record labels, bypassing any royalty rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board