“ASCAP is committed to innovating, growing and evolving in ways that benefit our members, because music creators drive every decision we make. Protecting the livelihoods of songwriters and composers and defending the value of music is a mission we take seriously. For us, this is more than just...
CoreAVC is a proprietary video codec that is used for decoding MPEG-4 AVC or H.264 video formats. The decoder is popular for its speed, which in some cases is on par with hardware-based decoders. CoreAVC is great for older PCs that include single core processors or worse, as it ...
Is Every Performing Rights Organization the same? They may operate with the same purpose, but who and what they represent differs making each unique. The United States Copyright Law has historically identified 3 Performing Rights Organizations (PROs):SESAC, ASCAP and BMI by name inSection 101 of ...
Let’s start with what it’s not: a PROThe Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is often confused with Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) like ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC despite the fact that they deal with completely different rights types. PROs are responsible for collecting performance royalties on ...
This question comes up a lot with new songwriters, since in the U.S. we have two main PROs: ASCAP and BMI. Both ASCAP and BMI perform the same service of collecting royalties, so there is no “better” PRO between the two.The only real difference between the two is that BMI does no...
SmartGlass is a multi-platform companion application for the Xbox 360. Developed by Microsoft, and shown off at E3 2012, the SmartGlass app is available for Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 7, Android and will soon be available for iOS devices (October 2012). The SmartGlass app...
are ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. Global Music Rights is a smaller but rapidly-growing choice. While each of these organizations represent different artists and business practices to attract musicians and licensees, they each collect public performance royalties as defined by the U.S. Copyright Act, ...
Other triggers to this are from ASCAP’s recent discovery of the Cheer Gym, a whole new source of legitimate revenue. This is really a secondary event, though. ASCAP has nothing to do with the distribution of recorded music! ASCAP: What Is It And Why Should I Pay?
The calculator is easy to use. Simply plug in the number of streams generated by a song or album, and the app will provide: The total payout for that figure number of streams The sound recording payout to the copyright owner Mechanical royalties paid to the music publisher (which then pay...
(there’s a nice postherethat covers all the acronyms you’ll come across in the music industry which is worth bookmarking). America is a bit different than the rest as they actually have three who compete with one another; BMI, ASCAP and SESAC, and as a writer, you can choose which ...