Lawmakers in Congress will have more to consider during the next music licensing hearings. Lawsuits related to pre-1972 music copyrights have been filed on both coasts. ABS Entertainment has filed ...

While revealing its Q3 earnings earlier today, Pandora announced that it will pay $90 million to labels in royalties as a settlement to play music released prior to 1972. Federal copyright laws didn’t ...

Each week on Songwriter U, Songspace recaps the top stories in the world of music business. Here’s everything you need to know from the week ending on January 23rd. Independent musician Zoë Keating ...

Quiz: Can you guess the 1972 song from just one lyric? The year 1972 stands as a remarkable chapter in music history, when creativity flourished across every genre imaginable. From the introspective ...

Great albums are recorded and released every year, but I can make a very strong argument that 1972 saw more truly great albums released than any year before or since. To be more precise, I can make ...

Song recordings created before 1972 don’t have federal copyright, but many states did grant such copyrights. The varying rules on older songs have been a huge headache for satellite radio provider ...

Members of 1960s rock band The Turtles have lost a major legal battle in their quest to collect copyright royalties from their old hit songs. The Florida Supreme Court held today (PDF) that the state ...

A deal announced by the RIAA on Friday provides resolution to one of the key battles in a legally contentious area. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The Recording Industry Association of ...

Pandora reached a financial settlement this week with some major record labels that will allow the Internet radio service to use their pre-1972 recordings. The $90 million agreement, reached with ...

The issue of whether copyrights to older sound recordings like ones owned by The Turtles protect against unauthorized public performance is now headed to a high-stakes showdown at the 2nd Circuit. By ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed the Music Modernization Act into law, guaranteeing royalty payments to artists and songwriter for pre-1972 recordings, and increased compensation for works ...