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New royalty for music played online

On September 23, 2008, songwriters, publishers, record labels and digital music services announced they had finally reached an agreement on mechanical royalties for songs played on online music services. It only took about 8 years for them to figure it out… Called a “breakthrough that will facilitate new ways to offer music to consumers online,”

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Data proves that free or shared music files are not lost sales

For some time now I, along with many others in the music industry, have been going on about free music not representing a lost sale, but a gained listener. Frequently, many music industry professionals suggest that an increase in legitimate sales must necessarily coincide with a commensurate reduction in ‘piracy’, as if this were a

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