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NEWS ABOUT: royalties

royalties stories: 8 news summaries
OPINION

To Save the Music Industry, Ban Music—and Whistling

The copyright arguments aren't going to stop until the day music dies

Sep 18, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The music industry wants royalties for the 30-second previews on iTunes—which is "bullshit," writes Nicholas DeLeon for TechGear. It's yet another foolish move in the battle to save the music industry, complains DeLeon. Luckily, he has a "foolproof" way to do just that: Ban music, "... More »

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music industry • Recording Industry Association of America • iTunes • copyright • file sharing • royalties • RIAA • lawsuit • illegal downloading

 Music Gang Busted 
 in iTunes Royalties Scam 

Group boostsrankings, bank accounts by buying their own music with stolen cards

Jun 11, 09 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of ten British DJs have been arrested for allegedly using stolen credit cards to download their own music from iTunes and Amazon, the Times of London reports. The gang is believed to have made $300,000 in royalties from the $750,000 they spent buying 19 compilations they... More »

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music downloads • iTunes • royalties • scam • Britain • cybercrime

(Newser) - The recording industry and radio-station owners are clashing in Washington over the issue of royalties, Bloomberg reports. Both sides have spent tens of millions on lobbying, and contributed to the campaigns of legislators of both parties. At present, radio stations pay royalties to songwriters and publishers, not artists. “This... More »

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Congress • royalties • RIAA • radio stations • testimony • revenue • recording industry • Billy Corgan • Smashing Pumpkins

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

Nov 12, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety—though... More »

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Turkey • royalties • box office • Batman • The Dark Knight • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits

Royalty Rates May Kill Internet Radio Site

Popular Pandora threatens to pull plug without a new deal

Aug 16, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of America's most popular online radio sites may pull the plug without a new deal on royalty rates, the Washington Post reports. Pandora attracts 1 million listeners a day to create personalized radio stations, but also pays 70% of its revenue in per-song royalties—a fee traditional radio has... More »

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royalties • Pandora • internet royalties • Internet radio

 Obama Earns $3.9M in Royalties 

His book sales continue to soar

Apr 16, 08 10:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama earned $4.2 million last year, mostly from royalties from Obama's two books, Dreams From My Father and the Audacity of Hope. The Obamas' newly released returns for 2007 show they paid $1.4 million in federal taxes and gave $240,370 to charity, USA ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • IRS • Michelle Obama • Bill Clinton • royalties • book • federal income tax • tax returns

Hollywood Studios Strike Back

Cancel deals with production companies to spread the pain of writer's guild strike

Nov 7, 07 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood studios are moving quickly to spread the pain of the writers' strike, saying they'll start—as soon as today—suspending dozens of long-term deals with TV production companies and laying off assistants, development executives and production managers who work for striking writers. "Anyone who's not working on pilots... More »

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Hollywood • labor • royalties • union • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Music industry wants
to start collecting AM, FM royalties

Jul 5, 07 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.   More »

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music • radio • satellite radio • music industry • Recording Industry Association of America • House Judiciary Committee • CDs • royalty • royalties • RIAA • MUSICfirst coalition • terrestrial radio • mp3 • web radio • podcast • singers • digital downloads • artist • musician

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