royalties

Bar Hit With $45,000 Fine for “Pirated” Karaoke Songs

A collection of music label affiliates and the royalty collection agency BMI have won a legal battle with the Texan…

9 years ago

Rights Group Fined For Not Paying Artist For Anti-Piracy Ad

Five years ago a composer created music for use in a one-off anti-piracy video. However, without his permission it was…

10 years ago

New Music Industry Entitlement Fees for Canadian Live Events

Once again showing the lack of foresight, the Canadian Copyright Board approved new fees for live events. These fees, paid…

10 years ago

Copyright Corruption Scandal Surrounds Anti-Piracy Campaign

Anti-piracy group BREIN is caught up in a huge copyright scandal in the Netherlands. A musician who composed a track…

10 years ago

Music Rights Group Bills Internet Providers For Piracy ‘Licence’

Belgian music royalty collecting agency Sabam has once again stepped up to enforce their strict copyright regime. Today the group…

10 years ago

Music Copyright Police Ruin Artists’ Gigs (and Coconut Curry)

This year alone more than 50 small restaurants, pubs and bars have been sued by the U.S. royalty collectors agency…

11 years ago

Music Royalty Collectors Accused of Copyfraud

German music royalty collecting agency GEMA has once again stepped up to enforce their strict copyright regime. But this time…

11 years ago

‘Wedding Crashing’ Royalty Collector Continues to Break the Law

A Spanish performing rights organisation has already fallen foul of the courts for the way it has collected evidence in…

13 years ago