Industry News

A lot has been said recently about the increase in performance royalty rates for internet radio webcasters, and during the discussions it was mentioned that traditional broadcast radio is not currently subject to any sort of artist performance royalty. A

We recently told you about the law suit filed by David Grisman's Dawg Music (Acoustic Disc) label against online video sharing site YouTube.com. It appears that's not the only lawsuit he's filed recently. He's also suing Universal Music Group and

Since we've been talking about SoundExchange so much lately I thought I'd call this to your attention. SoundExchange, for those that don't know, is the entity that collects performance royalty money on every song played via a digital transmission such

In the ongoing debate over the new CRB royalty rates, small webcasters were granted a reprieve yesterday when SoundExchange announced an offer for small webcasters. This offer extends the previous agreement, Small Webcaster Settlement Act, under which the small webcasters

We've talked at length on Bluegrass Today about the new CRB ruling that will increase the royalty rates for internet radio later this month. Now it seems that Congress has decided to get involved. Late last month a bill was introduced

We have posted a number of times in the past few months about the new royalty rates for Internet radio established by the US Copyright Royalty Board. These new rates represent a dramatic increase in the royalties owed to both

A fews weeks ago, we posted some information about the 3rd annual Leadership Music Digital Summit, held in Nashville on April 24. Our friend Archie Warnock, who attended the summit, agreed to share his impressions of the event with our

Colorado Case Company has announced an agreement to purchase Cavallaro Case Covers, makers of the Small Dog Case Cover line. The merger is expected to be concluded by July 1, 2007, with the Medford, MA facilities of Cavallaro being relocated

CMT.com is reporting that McCoury Music has signed an exclusion distribution deal with RED Distribution. McCoury Music was formed to release the recordings of bluegrass superstar Del McCoury when he left Rounder Records in 2003. They are also set to release

Next Tuesday (4/24), Belmont University will host the 3rd annual Leadership Music Digital Summit, an intensive one day conference "dedicated to the business, creative and legal issues of digital music." Conference sessions will include discussions and presentations on such timely issues