SiriusXM is Looking to License Music Directly from Labels

There has been chatter in the entertainment industry with regard to SiriusXM’s recent attempt to directly license music from record labels. SiriusXM, a satellite radio, currently has a statutory license to play music and pays digital public performance royalties to a nonprofit organization called SoundExchange, which is a nonprofit organization designated by Congress pursuant to the 1995...
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Compulsory Licenses and Your Music

Although obtaining a copyright for your music is easy and a great way to protect your property and it provides you with exclusive rights, the law has created an exception to copyright law that makes your right to your own music a little less exclusive. In the music industry, the phrase “compulsory license” is often thrown around. What does compulsory license mean? Well, this may come as a...
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