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Investors rush for “music bonds” and “pizza bonds” - study
Moscow :: Russia | 10 months ago
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Russian companies have become attractive borrowers as they placed a record 317 billion roubles ($10.8 billion) in Eurobonds in the first quarter of 2011, exceeding pre-crisis level...Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and jazz musician Cassandra Wilson, the Dow
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Bob Dylan Becomes Selling Point for Bonds
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 10 months ago
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Bob Dylan's music was the soundtrack for the counterculture of 1960s America. Now it has become a selling point for an unusual bond offering being marketed to institutional investors and wealthy individuals. A privately held Nashville, Tenn., company
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Frances W. Preston, Defender of Songwriters' Copyright, Dies at 83
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 11 months ago
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Preston, who worked her way up from a radio-station mailroom to become one of the most influential figures in the music business, died on June 13 at her home in Nashville...Her death, from congestive heart failure, was announced by BMI, the music
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What If There Was A Music Collection Society That Actually Understood That Free Isn't Always Bad?
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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However, many other countries just have a single collection society, with somewhat monopolistic tendencies. There have been efforts (mostly failed) to create more competition in Europe, mainly by encouraging the organizations to leave their local
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NDIGHTS NDIGHTS LOCAL ISSUE: LICENSING AND RIGHTS Towns need an OK to play some songs
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The Record If "Frosty the Snowman" is performed at the Wallington Christmas tree lighting, should the borough have to pay for the privilege?...And if Wallington or any other municipality, for that matter wants to play it publicly, they'll likely have
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Performance rights groups face challenges and uncertainty
Pro :: Burkina Faso | almost 2 years ago
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CEO John LoFrumento says that decisions by clients to take charge of some digital licensing won't threaten the PRO's business...Must Read "We see the efficiency of licensing in bundles," LoFrumento says. "We feel very strongly that is something that
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Rick Carnes: 'Anonymous' Attacks Songwriters
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 years ago
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Today, the hacker group known as 'Anonymous' launched a denial of service attack on the website of Broadcast Music Inc. For those who don't know, BMI is a songwriter organization dedicated to ensuring that composers receive the royalties they earn
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Recording Industry Using Net Neutrality Debate To Try To Link Child Porn With Copyright Infringement Again
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Infringement Again from the it's-not-the-same dept We've already seen how music industry execs and lobbyists cynically use "child porn" to their advantage (even, sickeningly, declaring "child porn is great") by lumping it in with copyright
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Court Lets Venues Deduct Fees From BMI License For Directly Licensed Music
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Creative Commons and refusing to debate , it appears that the performance rights organization may have a bigger problem on its hands...The case itself involves a commercial music company, DMX (who provides music to various venues such as stores,
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More People Realizing That ASCAP And BMI Are Killing Local Music Scenes
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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And BMI Are Killing Local Music Scenes from the stomping-them-out dept The Guardian recently had an article wondering if "the internet" was killing the idea of the local music scene with a "local sound." In discussing that article, Glyn Moody says it'
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