The Broadcast License
Non commercial or public broadcasting entities can transmit copyrighted musical works if they negotiate a license agreement with the copyright owners. If they fail to reach such agreement, the law provides that the license will be set by the Copyright Royalty Board.
Recent Blog Posts
- Atlantic Records Reaches Digital/Physical Tipping Point
- Radiohead Reveals In Rainbows Sales Data
- THIS MONDAY: Copyright Tutorial for Musicians in Rochester, NY
- Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Sonny Bono Act
- Music Label Shut Down for [not] Infringing Itself
- Looking Back at Five Years of RIAA Litigation
- Of Dancing Babies and Overzealous Takedowns: When “fair use is hard!” doesn’t cut it
- Is Home Taping Killing Music or is the Music Industry Killing Home Taping?
- New York State Court Holds That Fair Use Applies to Sound Recordings
- Cablevision remote DVR case sets the standard: Copyright Office should follow suit
