Its been a long time coming, but a change gon’ come. The “next great copyright act” is the change that Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, is calling on Congress to make (perhaps taking a cue from our neighbors up north, eh?) Among the list of changes called for by the Register is reformation in [...]

Welcome to ReDigi: “The World’s First Online Marketplace For Used Digital Music.” Yes, you read that sentence correctly. Launched in beta version last October, ReDigi markets itself as a “recycled music market place.” In reality, it’s an online digital music store that allows users to buy/sell used digital music files.

  I am sure most new songwriters and musicians are not sitting around hypothesizing the nature of public performance rights. They would probably be too stoked just to hear their song in a bar to care about getting paid. However, public performance royalties can be a major source of income for those with a career [...]