In September 2019, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act. The CASE Act would give claimants the ability to enforce copyrights in their creative works without having to shell out for expensive federal copyright legislation, which can cost around $397,000, according to the American Intellectual Property Law […]
John Seay Speaks at UGA Music Business Program
On Thursday, September 5, John Seay spoke to David Barbe’s class at the UGA Music Business Program in Athens, GA. John makes the trip to UGA every semester to speak to a class in the music business program, but this was his first time speaking in Barbe’s class. Barbe is also the director of the UGA […]
SoundExchange To Make Music Licensing Easier for Podcasts in 2020
SoundExchange and SourceAudio have teamed up to make music licensing easier for podcasters starting early next year. In collaboration with Podcastmusic.com, this will be a one-stop shop for podcasters that will offer licensing for label and publisher-owned music. Participants will have access to Podcastmusic.com’s database of 700,000 production and music bed tracks that include a global license […]
What’s the Deal With Global Release Day?
If you’re over the age of 35, then you might remember a time when the only way to obtain your favorite artist’s new album was to go to the record store and buy a physical copy of it. In the pre-digital era, this meant purchasing a vinyl record, cassette tape, or compact disc. Then, as […]