Daft Punk fans are getting something special. LEGO has officially announced a partnership with the legendary French electronic duo, and the first product will recreate one of the most iconic stages in electronic music history.…
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You register an original song with a publishing administrator. Then you discover another company has already registered the composition. Or one co-writer claims a different ownership percentage. The result can be a publishing conflict. These…
You distribute a song. Spotify pays your distributor. The money arrives. It is tempting to assume that means every royalty generated by the song is being collected. It doesn’t. A normal music distributor primarily collects…
Music can earn money without the person owed that money ever receiving it. This happens more often than many independent artists realise. The song gets streamed, performed, broadcast or licensed. The money is generated. But…
Cancelling a music-distribution subscription does not produce the same outcome with every company. Your catalogue might remain live, be scheduled for removal or continue earning under a different commission structure. The answer depends on the…
A recording can generate more than streaming and download income. Neighbouring-rights royalties may be earned when recorded music is broadcast or played publicly. They relate primarily to the sound recording and the performances captured within…
What Is SoundExchange? SoundExchange is a US-based non-profit organisation that collects and pays digital performance royalties for sound recordings. In simple terms: when music is played on non-interactive digital radio in the United States, SoundExchange…
