President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA) into law on October 11th, 2018. Many celebrities, including Kid Rock and Mike Love, who are avid Trump supporters were present. This Signing marks of one of the largest copyright reforms in the music industry in decades. The bill updates the copyright laws to be current with…
Music sharing site Grooveshark.com closed its doors with a statement citing both fault and remorse for their illegal file sharing activities. We salute their actions and honesty. From the statement… “If you love music and respect the artists, songwriters and everyone else who makes great music possible, use a licensed service that compensates artists and…
Imagine the following scenario: A local car dealer says he is going to hold a drawing and randomly choose one person in town to receive a free automobile. It may be a publicity gimmick, but it’s a pretty good one; we’d rightly call this a smart promotion, and the dealer in question is likely to…
Three of the world’s top record labels have decided to file legal proceedings against VKontakte, Russia’s most popular social media site. The site is accused of facilitating in a mass scale of copyright infringement. Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music filed individual lawsuits against the popular social site, seeking more than $1 million in…
