Tag: Copyright Royalty Board

SoundExchange Contributes to Music Industry Growth with Highest-Ever Quarterly Distribution

Christopher Laird Simmons

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – SoundExchange announced on Tuesday that it has distributed nearly $88 million to more than 18,300 payees designated by recording artists and labels during the third quarter of 2011. SoundExchange is the non-profit performance rights organization (PRO) that was appointed by the Copyright Royalty Board to collect and distribute statutory performance royalties […]

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SoundExchange and ‘PurePlay’ Webcasters Reach Unprecedented Experimental Rate Agreement

Christopher Laird Simmons

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – SoundExchange announced today innovative, experimental new terms for “pureplay” commercial webcasters, covering royalties for the Internet streaming of sound recordings that offer the potential for artists and copyright holders to share in the revenue growth of pureplay webcasters. The agreement, under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009, gives “pureplay” webcasters the […]