ASCAP Tries To Qualify Digital Downloads As Performances

Online Music Stores Protest ASCAP’s Idiotic Money Grab Apple, AOL, and Yahoo! have battled against an effort to qualify paid downloads as a public performance. The group, represented by the Digital Media Association (DiMA) filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief opposing a claim by ASCAP that digital music downloads should be counted as performances. This May, ASCAP will try to convince a federal court that the...

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Wind-Up Records Cements Content Deal With YouTube

YouTube and Wind-Up Records have finalized a deal to feature music videos from Wind-Up’s artists on the popular video destination. In addition to the music video deal, Wind-Up also announced that it will allow the YouTube community to use a number of select tracks in their own productions. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed publicly, it is understood that YouTube and Wind-Up will share advertising revenue, and...

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