As hackers continue to exploit piracy devices, government entities like the FTC and state attorneys general should do even more to alert consumers of these risks and target bad actors. Maybe it’s time for Congress to take note. You can read this piece in The Hill.
The Music Modernization Act – Fair Treatment for Songwriters and Performance Artists
The days of widespread music piracy on the internet are largely gone. That shameful period of lawless behavior stripped income from songwriters and performance artists. The early use of digital audio sharing services such as Napster seldom honored copyrights and some consumers gorged on downloaded music for free. In contrast, today’s popular and law-abiding music […]
Fair Play: Just Another Song And Dance
As sales of music records and other physical recordings have steadily been replaced by digital copies downloaded to computers and to other electronic devices, there has been a push to increase the royalties that radio stations pay for the use of copyrighted music. The latest push is the Fair Play, Fair Pay Act of 2015 […]
Pay That Tune
Internet and digital radio, once an afterthought in the Internet startup ecosystem, is now a booming business. There is satellite radio, cable TV radio, Pandora, Spotify, and even iRadio, a new streaming music service from Apple. SiriusXM has boomed, with revenue of $897 million in the first quarter of this year and increasing its subscriber […]
