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Business News • 2 min read

Music Creators North America welcomes increased transparency on streaming rate deal

Music Creators North America welcomes publishers and streaming services agreeing to publish their US streaming rate deal in full, while still seeking side agreements.…

Chris Cooke • 10 Oct 2022

Business News • 3 min read

Songwriters call for full transparency around US song royalty rate settlement deal

Music Creators North America has called on the US Copyright Royalty Board to publish the full song royalty settlement between publishers and streaming services.…

Chris Cooke • 05 Oct 2022

Business News • 3 min read

Songwriter groups make final submission to review of US royalty rates on discs and downloads

Songwriter groups have submitted final comments to the US Copyright Royalty Board opposing a proposed deal that would keep mechanical royalty rates unchanged on physical releases and downloads.…

Chris Cooke • 25 Nov 2021

2conv.com • 3 min read

CMU Digest 02.08.21: Tencent, Women In CTRL, CRB, FLVTO/2conv, Reservoir

This week's digest covers Tencent being ordered to end most exclusive music deals in China, diversity figures from Women In CTRL, and a US mechanical royalty dispute.…

Chris Cooke • 01 Aug 2021

Business News • 4 min read

Songwriter groups formally call on US Copyright Royalty Board to reject NMPA's mechanical royalty rate proposals

Songwriter organisations have urged the US Copyright Royalty Board to reject a proposal backed by the major publishers to keep current mechanical royalty rates for discs and downloads.…

Chris Cooke • 27 Jul 2021