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288 Million singles sold digitally this year according to Sound Scan.

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Compulsory music licenses to get Congressional overhaul courtesy of “Mr. Hollywood”

“Howard Berman, the California Democrat who now heads the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, wonders if it’s time for everyone to pay the same fees. “Is it finally time for a performance right to extend to terrestrial radio?” he said this morning. It was just one of the many questions raised at a committee hearing on reforming Section 115 of the Copyright Act, the part that covers compulsory licenses (the same kind of license that AllofMP3 claims to have under Russian law, and which the RIAA rejects). Reform of this section stalled last year, but Berman is giving it another shot.”

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BILLBOARD: Publishers Sue XM Satellite Radio

“The publishers claim that the service does not merely broadcast recorded songs; it delivers perfect digital copies of songs for its customers to copy to the devices, create extensive libraries of the songs and replay them for as long as the listeners pay XM’s monthly fee. Yet XM has not licensed the right to reproduce or distribute the recorded compositions, publishers claim.”

Publishers are looking to get Mechanicals from the distribution of music via the satellite provider. Sirius, who is in the process of acquiring XM, has already settled with record labels but has not yet settled with publishers.

Only a fraction of both providers customers are using the units that offer the saving of songs. Paying publishers the statutory rate mechanical for every song they play would just not work financially for the network. Are the publishers expecting a SoundScan style report so that publishers can track exactly how many people have saved songs via the service?

While looking for the website for Madonna Wade-Reed Music Supervisor (Daisy Music) I came across this article on Electronic Musician by Skip Adams:

http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_reel_money/

Bernard Baur of the Alternative Distribution Alliance on getting your album distributed:

http://www.ada-music.com/modules/ADA/views/article/issue4feature2.html

I’m going to be digesting my SXSW info here.

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http://www.supermusicvision.com

“The fate indie music”

Salon coverage of the recent rulings being passed down by United States Copyright Royalty Judges regarding digital performances.