Royalties

British-Australian pop artist Alexandra Hainsworth is embroiled in a legal battle with New Zealand label Do It Management and distributor The Orchard, claiming copyright and contract breaches left…

Performers in these parts will be entitled to receive payments when their recordings are used on UK radio, TV, and in public spaces.

Those plans, announced in May, were scheduled to come into effect with the November 2023 royalty distribution but have now been pushed back.

APRA is proposing a new distribution practice for promoted concerts, which would lift the rate of royalties passed on to the headliner, and reduce the cut earned by the support acts. In an email to…

Australia remains a top 10 nation for music royalty collections, raking in €264 million ($407 million) in 2021, up 9.1% year on year.

Digital is now the furnace for APRA AMCOS, heating up the organisation's revenue sheet to the tune of $338 million,

The heirs of Jimi Hendrix's former bandmates are suing Sony Music U.K. for millions over copyright issues and streaming royalties. As reported by Variety, the heirs of bassist Noel Redding and…

Live performance royalty cheques will continue to roll in, even for those musicians whose shows were scrapped due to the Omicron variant. Today (7 Feb), APRA AMCOS announced it would pay $1.5 million…

British electronic artist Four Tet is embroiled in a legal spat with Domino Recordings over digital royalties, one that is playing out for the rest of us to see. Four Tet (real name Kieran Hebden)…

The deal will help streamline the licensing process for BMG artists, giving them access to royalties sooner.