The Internet has created exciting new opportunities for artists to distribute their music to the world, but cyberspace is not without its share of hucksters ready to trick artists into signing away all ownership rights to their music for a song. A musician recently came to me to review a…
Many artists wonder if it worth the trouble to register their creative works with the US Copyright Office. The answer to any artist who hopes to distribute their works to the public is YES! Registration is not a condition for copyright protection to attach. A work is protected by copyright…
Innovative new media companies like San Francisco-based SNOCAP and UK-based 7Digital offer independent musicians tools to distribute their music digitally at their own price and on their own terms. The content-delivery services allow artists to sell their music on their own website, Myspace page, blog, or from 7Digital’s “IndieStore”. The…
Independent video producers who haven’t had access to major distribution channels in the past are in for some luck. iTunes has begun distributing video. And its not only the established label video that iTunes is pushing through its network, its also distributing independent video, such as action sports and documentary…
On 2 March 2007 the US Copyright Royalty Board (a 3-judge panel) sided with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and against Web-casters, musicians and consumers with a ruling on the new web-casting royalty rate. The CRB took the highly controversial position of adopting a pay-per-play rate for streaming…