Annie Lin

If you manage bands like Pink Floyd, T-Rex, and The Clash, you're going to come away with a lifetime of stories and a unique perspective on digital music rights. As such, it was a pleasure to meet and converse with the one and only Peter Jenner, along with a host of other fascinating speakers at the Who Knew Nashville event last night. Thank you Tom Truitt for having me and Jim Griffin for connecting the dots.

German Music Publishers Hold 'Historic' Meeting to Show Unity Amid Royalty Sharing 'Crisis'

New private equity fund for music publishing + IP acquisitions. Notable assets: some unpublished Elvis + Tupac songs

Are you interested in learning more about in-house legal careers? If so, please stop by this FREE salon session at the SF office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on May 10. I'll be joining attorneys from Warner/Chappell Music, Lyft, and Airbnb to discuss in-house opportunities and strategies.This event is part two of a fantastic three-part panel series organized and moderated by Cecily Mak of Flipboard. https://entertainmentandtechnologyinhouse2.splashthat.com/

(via The Carpenters sue Universal over unpaid royalties, including sales-v-licence)

Run-D.M.C. Sue Walmart & Amazon For $50M Over Knockoff Merch

http://blog.loudr.fm/post/154784781559/loudr-has-paid-out-more-than-1-million-to-music

(via Kobalt buys Fintage House's music business to create Neighbouring Rights empire )

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(via Sly Stone is awarded $5million in back royalties while still living out of his van)

Apple, in a government filing on Friday, proposed simplifying the highly complex way that songwriting royalties are paid when it comes to on-demand streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal.According to Apple’s proposal, made with the Copyright Royalty Board, a panel of federal judges who oversee rates in the United States, streaming services should pay 9.1 cents in songwriting royalties for every 100 times a song is played. This formula would replace the long passages of federal rules for streaming rates, which often leave musicians bewildered about just how the money flows in streaming music.But even in this seemingly innocuous proposal, which was not made public but was obtained by The New York Times, Apple’s target is clear: Spotify, its archenemy in streaming music. The proposal would significantly raise the rates that Spotify pays, and the filing includes lines that are clearly directed at Spotify and its so-called freemium model.

Spotify > YouTube as audio streaming surpasses music videos