by Ashley Jones | Oct 19, 2021 | Front Page, Issues
This guest column was written by David Israelite, president & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. They say there are no secrets in the music...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 18, 2021 | Front Page, Media
You can listen to the MBW Podcast above or via this link. Late yesterday (October 14), the National Music Publishers’ Association made the claim that a number of digital service owners – including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and Google – are trying to cut the amount of...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 15, 2021 | Front Page, Issues
You might want to sit down for this one, songwriters. Music streaming service owners including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora and Google have all filed documents with the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) this week to tell them what they think they should pay...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 4, 2021 | Front Page, Media
“We listen to songwriters and music publishers about what is important to them. We also make sure that when we bring a case, or threaten to bring a case, that we will win.” At the National Music Publishers’ Association’s virtual annual...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 1, 2021 | Front Page, Media
(Reuters) – The National Music Publishers’ Association has settled its copyright dispute with the makers of the popular video-game platform Roblox for allegedly encouraging copyright infringement on a “massive scale,” according to a Monday...