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Want Better Music? Don't Stiff the Songwriters
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Musicdish  |  The American Federation of Musicians Supports Below-Market Royalty Rates to Subsidize Small Webcasters During 2006-2010  |

Get paid for the songs you write through royalties. (Music Biz 101).: An article from: Wind Speaker by Ann Brascoupe

Who takes care of royalties? (Music Biz 101).(music organizations)(Brief Article): An article from: Wind Speaker by Ann Brascoupe

The music industry book: Protect yourself before you lose your rights & royalties (The Entertainment industry series) by Walter E Hurst

All You Need To Know About the Music Business: 6th Edition by Donald S. Passman

What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business: The Myths, Secrets, Lies (& a Few Truths) by Peter M. Thall

Making It in the Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers by Lee Wilson

This Business of Music: The Definitive Guide to the Music Industry, Eighth Edition (Book & CD-ROM) by M. William Krasilovsky

Making It in the Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers by Lee Wilson

Legal Aspects Of The Music Industry: An Insider's View by Richard Schulenberg

Protecting Your Songs & Yourself by Kent J. Klavens

The Music Business-A Legal Perspective: Music and Live Performances by Peter Muller

You and the music business: A practical guide for Canadian songwriters composers and publishers by John V Mills

Making It in the Music Business: The Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers (Little Book Series) by Lee Wilson

The Rock File: Making it in the Music Business

Making It in the Music Business: A Business and Legal Guide for Songwriters and Performers by Lee Wilson

More About This Business of Music (This Business) by M. William Krasilovsky

Kohn on Music Licensing Kohn on Music Licensing by Al Kohn

Slasdot.org  |  RIAA Wants Artist Royalties Lowered

Your Introduction to Music-Record Copyright: Contracts and Other Business Law by Walter E. Hurst

The type of musical works determines copyright. (Entertainment).(Brief Article): An article from: Wind Speaker by Ann Brascoupe

A Manual of Musical Copyright Law: For the Use of Music-Publishers and Artists, and of the Legal Profession by Edward Cutler

ASCAP  |  Do Songs Licensed For Guitar Hero Only Cost 8-15 cents?  |  "A Summer 2004 article for an ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) states: "Per game royalties range from 8 cents to 15 cents per composition...." While licensing agreements may be different for a rhythm game, I doubt that they are considerably more than that considering games of that genre often use cover bands."  |

The Art of Music Licensing by Al Kohn

The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-free Writings, Music, Art & More by Stephen Fishman

Moser on Music Copyright by David J. Moser

Copyright and Public Performance of Music by Stanley Rothenberg

Copyright versus intellectual property (Library lectures) by Julius J Marke

Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity by Joanna Demers

Music and Copyright by Lee Marshall

Understanding the legal & business issues in country music (Patents, copyrights, trademarks, and literary property course handbook series)

A Musician's Guide to Copyright and Publishing by Willis Wager

The Great Motion Picture Soundtrack Robbery: An Analysis of Copyright Protection by Ken Sutak

Musical copyright, by Alfred Martin Shafter

Protecting Your Songs & Yourself by Kent J. Klavens

The Music Business-A Legal Perspective: Music and Live Performances by Peter Muller

Music Copyright for the New Millenium by David J. Moser

Musicdish  |  Royalty Free Music Offered By TrakHeadz.com Turns Industry Heads  |

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...Last.fm Now Pays Royalties to Indie Artists (So I Uploaded This Song)

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Music Royalties:  Websites

 

Howstuffworks "How Music Royalties Work"  |  "The last time you bought a CD, did you wonder how much of the sticker price was going to the artist? How does a Platinum-selling musician end up broke?"  |

Musicdish  |  search results: royalties  |  articles

Wired  |  search results: royalties

FreeAdvice  |  What are music royalties?  |  Are there different types of music royalties?  |

PCworld.about.com  |  Tuning Up Online Music Royalties

PDF] Internet Radio Music Royalties – The Basics  |   David D. Oxenford

RoyaltyShare To Deliver Industry First, Web-Based Royalty Processing And Reporting Solution / Mi2N

Securitization of intellectual property, music royalties etc  |  This is the Web's most comprehensive resource on securitisation, updated, comprehensive, and profusely cross-linked
 

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