6 posts and columns on National Music Publishers’ Association

Goohoo Delayed

in News on October 3, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

iTunes Lives to Sell Another 5 Billion Songs

in News on October 3, 2008 at 7:24 am PT

Not that it would ever have happened anyway, but Apple will not be shutting down the iTunes Store in protest over increased royalty rates paid to songwriters and publishers for CDs and digital music downloads.

Boost Microsoft's Lousy Search Market Share and Win Prizes!

in News on October 1, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Boost Microsoft’s Lousy Search Market Share and Win Prizes!

in News on October 1, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum!?? I Smell the Blood of a Musician.

in News on February 6, 2008 at 12:14 am PT

The Recording Industry Association of America demands damages of $150,000 per song for file-sharing infringements, yet it pays the artists who create those songs pennies for their work. And now it wants to pay them even less. The RIAA and its online counterpart, the Digital Media Association, have petitioned the Copyright Royalty Board to slash [...]

YouTube Forecast: Lawsuits With a Chance of More Lawyers

in News on August 8, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Another week, another legal battle for YouTube. This time, the National Music Publishers Association is adding its name to an existing lawsuit over whether the video-sharing site–big surprise–violated copyright laws. The group owns copyrights to lyrics and melodies for songs, rather than the songs themselves, which are mostly owned by record labels. And while the [...]