US Supreme Courts says music downloads are not public performances

When it comes to the online world and music you got to admit the music industry trade groups like RIAA and ASCAP are tenacious, stupid but tenacious. Recently ASCAP has been trying to convince the courts that streaming ... continue

Music industry now wants to be paid public performance royalties for ringtones

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is pushing to receive royalties for ringtones played in public. ASCAP claims that ringtones that sounds in public constitutes a public performance, a categorization that is beyond the purchased ... continue