Copyright Royalty Board Weighs Mechanical Royalties Increase
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) is readying their decision on whether to increase the mechanical royalties on Digital Phonorecording Deliveries or in layman’s terms: paid music downloads. The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) wants to raise the rate from 9 cents to 15 cents per paid download. The CRB’s decision should be handed down this week. The DiMA, a online music retail trade group lead by Apple, actually...
SanDisk, Majors Announce New SD Card Format – slotMusic
SanDisk, EMI, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony BMG have announced a new album format, dubbed slotMusic, which will enable users to purchase complete record albums on a compact memory card. SlotMusic will be officially unveiled in October at several prominent retail outlets including Amazon, Wal-Mart and Best Buy. The new format is a major coup for SanDisk who is providing their technology to the new format. Each card...
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