Annie Lin

Counsel, Music at Netflix. Previously GC at Loudr, Attorney at Brave Noise Legal, Licensing Director at The Orchard, and musician on the road || Posts represent my own views and not views of my employer

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If you manage bands like Pink Floyd, T-Rex, and The Clash, you're going to come away with a lifetime of stories and a unique perspective on digital music rights. As such, it was a pleasure to meet and converse with the one and only Peter Jenner, along with a host of other fascinating speakers at the Who Knew Nashville event last night. Thank you Tom Truitt for having me and Jim Griffin for connecting the dots.

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Germany's music publishers are coming to terms with one of their biggest challenges ever, after a court decided in November that performing rights society GEMA is not required to give them an equal share of all income. The German Music Publishers Association (DMV) had supported GEMA in its appeal and was also successful in its efforts at the political level to ensure that publishers receive a share of the GEMA payouts. However, written confirmation is required by the authors for past payouts. This added layer was the dominant subject at the German Music Publishers Association's annual meeting in Nuremberg this week. During the assembly, the participants signaled that the court decision would not affect decades of amiable relations between authors and music publishers.

German Music Publishers Hold 'Historic' Meeting to Show Unity Amid Royalty Sharing 'Crisis'

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New private equity fund for music publishing + IP acquisitions. Notable assets: some unpublished Elvis + Tupac songs

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Are you interested in learning more about in-house legal careers? If so, please stop by this FREE salon session at the SF office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on May 10. I'll be joining attorneys from Warner/Chappell Music, Lyft, and Airbnb to discuss in-house opportunities and strategies.This event is part two of a fantastic three-part panel series organized and moderated by Cecily Mak of Flipboard. https://entertainmentandtechnologyinhouse2.splashthat.com/

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Essential Media Group Seeks To Protect Its Ownership Against The Protests Of

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(via The Carpenters sue Universal over unpaid royalties, including sales-v-licence)

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Run-D.M.C. Sue Walmart & Amazon For $50M Over Knockoff Merch

Run-D.M.C. Sue Walmart & Amazon For $50M Over Knockoff Merch

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“Loudr’s goal is to provide infrastructure to address rights and royalties in the real world,” said Loudr CEO Chris Crawford. “Since we’re well past the brick-and-mortar era of music distribution, it’s important to make sure that the systems for paying creators and rights holders keeps up with the pace of digital music.”

http://blog.loudr.fm/post/154784781559/loudr-has-paid-out-more-than-1-million-to-music

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You can now search Apple Music by composer

When tracks are in your library - songwriter info is attached

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Sony Corporation completes Sony/ATV music publishing buy

Deal was cleared by European regulators in August

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(via Kobalt buys Fintage House's music business to create Neighbouring Rights empire )

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(via Sly Stone is awarded $5million in back royalties while still living out of his van)

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Apple, in Seeming Jab at Spotify, Proposes Simpler Songwriting Royalties

Apple proposed that streaming services pay 9.1 cents for every 100 plays of a song. That would significantly increase what its rival Spotify pays.

Apple, in a government filing on Friday, proposed simplifying the highly complex way that songwriting royalties are paid when it comes to on-demand streaming services like Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal.According to Apple’s proposal, made with the Copyright Royalty Board, a panel of federal judges who oversee rates in the United States, streaming services should pay 9.1 cents in songwriting royalties for every 100 times a song is played. This formula would replace the long passages of federal rules for streaming rates, which often leave musicians bewildered about just how the money flows in streaming music.But even in this seemingly innocuous proposal, which was not made public but was obtained by The New York Times, Apple’s target is clear: Spotify, its archenemy in streaming music. The proposal would significantly raise the rates that Spotify pays, and the filing includes lines that are clearly directed at Spotify and its so-called freemium model.

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Analytics provider BuzzAngle Music tells TechCrunch that since the start of 2016, Americans purposefully played 114 million audio streams on apps like Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music, versus watching 95 billion music video streams on apps like YouTube. This represents a big resurgence for pure listening since the rise of MTV. On-demand Audio streaming was up 107.8 percent in the US compared to the first half of 2015, while video streaming grew 23 percent. On-demand streaming as a whole rose 58.3 percent, and these numbers don’t count online radio streaming like Pandora.

Spotify > YouTube as audio streaming surpasses music videos

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Spotify says Apple won’t approve a new version of its app because it doesn’t want competition for Apple Music

"We cannot stand by as Apple uses the App Store approval process as a weapon."