The Artist Rights Watch

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  • Nik Patel, David Lowery, and Chris Castle feature in this podcast where they discuss the current issues of artists' rights in the music industry. Website: https://artistrightswatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistrightswatch Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistRights?s=20 Terms of Use: https://artistrightswatchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/arw-podcast-terms-of-use-v-1-i-1.pdf
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Episodes
  • S3E1 - CRB Unfreezing Mechanicals w/Kevin Casini

    S3E1 - CRB Unfreezing Mechanicals w/Kevin Casini
    May 16 2022
    On the this episode of the Artist Rights Watch, Nik, David, and Chris sit down to talk about the recent developments with the CRB and mechanicals with lawyer and advocate, Kevin Casini. The Copyright Royalty Board who herein will more than likely be referred to as the CRB, ‘is a US system of three copyright reality judges who determines rates and terms for copyright statutory licenses and make determinations on distribution of statutory license royalties collected by the US Copyright Office.’ The US mechanical royalties are determined by the CRB and they meet every 5 years to determine the rate. Songwriter groups argued for a higher rate, and the CRB agreed. On March 29, 2022 the CRB agreed to unfreeze the $0.091 mechanical royalty rate which would commence a fight for a new rate in the 2023-2027 period. Over the past few years, there has been numerous criticisms about the constant rule for freezing the mechanical royalty rate. The royalty rate currently is $0.091 which was set back in 2006, and frankly, songwriters are making less money due to economic inflation. Below are some links about Kevin Casini: https://twitter.com/KCEsq https://kcesq.medium.com Selected Frozen Mechanicals Comments: Rosanne Cash Helienne Lindvall, David Lowery, Blake Morgan David Poe Abby North, Erin McAnally, Chelsea Crowell Kevin Casini NMPA, NSAI, Sony, Warner, Universal Comment with Copy of MOU4 Below are some links for further reading: Copyright Royalty Board’s Rejection of NMPA, NSAI, Sony, Warner, Universal settlement https://completemusicupdate.com/article/us-copyright-royalty-board-rejects-proposal-to-keep-mechanical-royalty-on-discs-and-downloads-unchanged/ https://variety.com/2022/music/news/copyright-royalty-board-crb-rate-1235219872/ https://musictechpolicy.com https://www.crb.gov https://variety.com/2022/music/news/songwriters-win-copyright-royalty-board-mechanical-royalties-1235259518/ https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/record-labels-and-publishers-ink-major-settlement-moving-from-9-1-cents-to-12-cents-per-track-for-us-mechanical-royalties-on-physical-sales1/ Below are our social links and terms of use: Chris: http://www.christiancastle.com/chris-castle David: https://twitter.com/davidclowery?s=20 https://www.instagram.com/davidclowery/ Nik: https://www.instagram.com/nikpatelmusic/ www.nikpatelmusic.com Website: https://artistrightswatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistrightswatch Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistRights?s=20 Terms of Use: https://artistrightswatchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/arw-podcast-terms-of-use-v-1-i-1.pdf Intro/Outro song: “All My Years” by Nik Patel
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • S2E5 - The MLC w/Stephen Carlisle

    S2E5 - The MLC w/Stephen Carlisle
    Mar 17 2022

    On the this episode of the Artist Rights Watch, Nik and David sit down to talk about the MLC with Entertainment Lawyer, Stephen Carlisle. The MLC administers blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download services in the United States. The MLC will then collect the royalties due under those licenses from the DSPs and pay songwriters, composers, lyricists, and music publishers. In the simplest terms, it acts like a performance rights organisation, but just administers mechanical licenses instead of public performance licenses. Streaming services are for the MLC because it possibly covers them from any potential lawsuits. If a songwriter doesn’t get paid, well, that songwriter didn’t sign up for the MLC which is why they didn’t get paid which means it’s their responsibility.. not the DSPs. Registering with the MLC has become a standard process for songwriters establishing their claim much like it is registering with a PRO.

    Below are some links for further reading on Stephen Carlisle:

    http://copyright.nova.edu

    http://copyright.nova.edu/mechanical-licensing-collective/

    Below are our social links and terms of use:

    Chris: http://www.christiancastle.com/chris-castle

    David: https://twitter.com/davidclowery?s=20

    https://www.instagram.com/davidclowery/

    Nik: https://www.instagram.com/nikpatelmusic/

    www.nikpatelmusic.com

    Website: https://artistrightswatch.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistrightswatch

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistRights?s=20

    Terms of Use: https://artistrightswatchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/arw-podcast-terms-of-use-v-1-i-1.pdf
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    44 mins
  • S2E4 - Administration Agreements w/Abby North

    S2E4 - Administration Agreements w/Abby North
    Mar 10 2022

    This episode was a conversation spurred from our talk with Abby North on songwriting agreements. Abby North primarily works in the music publishing space as a publishing admin and so this podcast is about her experience in admin. This episode goes a little deeper than our previous episode on songwriting/publisher agreements so you may want to check that episode out first.

    Below are our social links and terms of use:

    Chris: http://www.christiancastle.com/chris-castle

    David: https://twitter.com/davidclowery?s=20

    https://www.instagram.com/davidclowery/

    Nik: https://www.instagram.com/nikpatelmusic/

    www.nikpatelmusic.com

    Website: https://artistrightswatch.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artistrightswatch

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtistRights?s=20

    Terms of Use: https://artistrightswatchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/arw-podcast-terms-of-use-v-1-i-1.pdf

    Intro/Outro song: “All My Years” by Nik Patel
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    46 mins

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