The Copyright Royalty Judges have established new digital era mechanical royalty rates including the first-ever statutory royalties for on-demand streams, limited downloads and ringtones, as… Read More no comments

A U.S. District Judge declared a mistrial in the case of Jammie Thomas, setting aside the $222,000 penalty levied by a federal jury last year… Read More no comments

In a breakthrough that will facilitate new ways to offer music to consumers online, the Digital Media Association (DiMA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)… Read More no comments

On September 15’th Best Buy announced that it will acquire the Napster music service for $54 Million. Under the deal, Best Buy will pay for… Read More no comments

A federal court order filed on August 27’th awarded a $33 Million victory to Warner Music Group Corp. in a lawsuit that accused Leadsinger Corp… Read More no comments

PRS has won a court case that prevents its Dutch equivalent BUMA from issuing unauthorized pan-European licences for online rights. On July 19’Th BUMA had… Read More no comments

The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that “fair use is available as a defence in the context of sound recordings.”… Read More no comments

St-Albert, 22 August 2008 Following the termination of the PromArt program by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the termination of the Trade… Read More no comments

The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) has received $1,750,000 in outstanding levies as a result of an action commenced against Samtack Computer Inc. and 1559435… Read More no comments

Eric Garland and Will Page of MCPS-PRS Alliance have published a brief study on the effects of Radiohead freely releasing its album. Garland notes in… Read More no comments