Archive for the ‘Music Downloads’ Category

This post discusses some of the common ways in which music is used on the Internet and the types of licenses required.  Please see my earlier post describing common music licenses.  A chart summarizing the licenses required for Internet uses is avaliabe here. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that publishers are not entitled to public performance royalties for mobile phone ringtones.  See In re Cellco Partnership, 2009 WL 3294861 (2009).  For the past few years, publishers have argued that mobile phone carriers should pay copyright performance royalties when ringtones are downloaded and used by mobile phone customers.  Read the rest of this entry »