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As we reported in our last update, President Obama signed the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (WSA 2009) in June. The law gave SoundExchange the authority to negotiate industry-wide webcaster rates and terms different than those established by the Copyright Royalty Judges, from the date of signing to a minute before midnight on July 30. read more |
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SoundExchange tackles massive noncompliance by licensees. During the 3rd quarter of 2009, Distribution Services remains focused on our mission to better serve our members and registrants
Our primary project has been to clean up the massive amount of incomplete or unusable data we receive from services. As we’ve worked with both our licensees and outside groups, we have been able to load and distribute many of these logs and began planning for distributions over the next year to pay those of you who earned money, but weren’t properly credited by the services which played your tracks. read more
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SoundExchange is constantly reaching out to artists, performers, copyright owners, labels, and others, to collect the information we need to get royalty checks to all those who deserve them. It’s not easy to find the thousands of creative people we want to help. So if you know or represent a performer, sound recording copyright owner, or producer who hasn’t yet registered with SoundExchange, let them know we may have money for them. read more |
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These past few months have been exciting for SoundExchange and other supporters of artists’ rights. The Performance Right Act (PRA) has taken some impressive steps in both the House and Senate, and has been passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill is now before the full Senate. This progress marks the furthest this bill has ever gone, since the fight began nearly 80 years ago. Let’s not mistake progress for victory, though—we still have a long way to go before we can secure the right of artists and copyright holders to be paid fairly in all formats. read more |
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In addition to our tireless work on the home front, SoundExchange has been crisscrossing the country in the past few months to spread the word about the royalties we have for many artists and copyright owners. From sponsorships to panel discussions to registering new members, here’s just a sampling of what we’ve been up to. read more |
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Radio One CEO Cathy Hughes has recently been using her unlimited access to public airtime to spread misinformation about SoundExchange. In ads masquerading as public service announcements, Hughes claims SoundExchange isn’t trying to find artists for whom we have money—a blatant falsehood which could be disproved by any one of the thousands of you receiving this letter. As you know, SoundExchange is actively engaged in finding and registering the artists for whom we have money. read more |
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