Henley, also co-founder of RCA (Recording Artists Coalition), said: "There's a ping-pong game going on over our heads about business models when we don't know how our rights are going to be protected.
He was quoted in US reports as saying: "There's a ping-pong game going on over [musicians'] heads about business models when we don't know how our rights are going to be protected. Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any...
Hardcore fans can also buy their team's national anthem as a ring-tone, as well as logos and screensavers. Since most football viewers will watch the game on TV, it remains to be seen whether there is a market for such services, although the likes...
In 2001, Record label EMI sued YourMobile, a ring tone seller and wireless advertising firm based in Santa Monica, California. In the United States, companies have to pay for mechanical rights, or the right to reproduce the music in a ringtone, and...
The only restriction on the content is digital rights management (DRM) protection to prevent it being played beyond seven days from its original broadcast date. The move comes less than a week after the MPAA announced its first legal assault on...
There is pressure to develop so-called 360-degree deals, where a record company manages all the rights of an artist, from tour to television series, not just their recordings. Coldplay's decision to offer their latest single, 'Violet Hill', as a...