Future of Music Coalition

If you’ve ever looked at who gets paid (and how) in the digital music space, you may have walked away dizzy. The two copyrights in music — sound recording and composition — wend their way through the marketplace in lots of curious ways. For us, the most important thing is how money gets back to the actual muscians and songwriters. read more

[This post is by FMC Supreme Court Correspondent, Chhaya Kapadia]

Last week, the Supreme Court handed down on a ruling on Golan v. Holder, a case that ultimately pitted an international trade agreement against the rights of those who use works in the public domain.

The case is pretty complicated, but here’s a recap that’s as brief as we could make it: read more