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Billboard: Hundreds of Artists Push for Copyright Rule Change On Streaming Royalties: ‘We Stand Together’

January 6, 2023

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Don Henley, Sheryl Crow, Sting and a slew of other musicians are throwing their support behind a new federal copyright...

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News, July 5, 2019

SONA Applauds U.S. Copyright Office’s Choice of Industry-Consensus MLC

July 5, 2019, Washington DC: The United States Copyright Office (USCO) today designated the industry-consensus Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) as...

News, June 6, 2019

Attorney Dina LaPolt Keeps the Pressure on Spotify at MIDEM 2019

Preeminent entertainment attorney, and SONA’s not so secret weapon, Dina LaPolt took the annual MIDEM conference by storm this week...

News, May 31, 2019

A Songwriter On “Songland”

I spent the past holiday weekend digging into what the deal is with the deal. Maybe you read the article...

News, May 29, 2019

“Ask Spotify Why” L.A. Town Hall Draws Capacity Crowd

Speakers David Israelite, Michelle Lewis, and Ross Golan unpack recent appeal to rate increase for songwriters and publishers. SONA, the...

News, April 22, 2019

Songwriters of North America Argues for Industry Coalition to Form the MLC

The Songwriters of North America has submitted a letter to the Copyright Office arguing why its industry consensus coalition, which also...

News, August 12, 2018

A Music Publishing CEO Seeks Higher Fees For Songwriters

Jody Gerson arrived at Universal Music Publishing Group as chairman and CEO in 2015, just as streaming became key to...

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