Posts Tagged ‘ ASCAP ’

AOL, RealNetworks, Yahoo Owe $100 Million For Digital Music Services

May 1st, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Law

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York today made public a decision in the proceeding to determine reasonable license fees to be paid to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) by AOL, RealNetworks and Yahoo! for their online performance of musical works. Total payments to be made [...]

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Federal Judge Rules Performance Royalties Don’t Apply To Downloads

Apr 27th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Podcasting Law

A federal court ruled yesterday that music performance and royalty fees don’t apply to music downloads and movie downloads that feature music.
The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York affirmed a lower court ruling that found that digital music and media downloads aren‚Äôt public performances. Because they aren’t public performances, they shouldn‚Äôt [...]

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