As an independent musician, knowing your rights is essential to protect your work and ensure you receive fair compensation. Whether you’re releasing your own music, performing live, or collaborating with others, understanding the basics of music rights helps you maintain…
You’ll find huge names and well known songs available through your TikTok account. You can add them to your content, increasing your views. But, aren’t they copyrighted? How does it all work? Music is available on TikTok, but, that doesn’t…
The NMPA (National Music Publishers Association) previously filed a copyright lawsuit against social media platform X due to piracy concerns. Elon Musk plans to fight back against these claims. Earlier on in the year a lawsuit was filed against the…
Music rights holders have been arguing for some time over how revenue is split across certain social platforms. It seems the platforms are growing in popularity, but music artists aren’t seeing the benefits. Various well respected members of the music…
Apple Music are using the technology from Shazam to identify the samples used within DJ mixes. This will ensure the correct rights holders will be paid for their content. Avoiding artists being able to bypass paying for their samples. It’s…
You may not have heard about publishing royalties, but they are a big income stream for some songwriters. Get versed in what they are and how to collect them. As an independent artist, you may not be hitting the big…
As musicians, it’s important you understand the copyrights surrounding your music. We’ve summed up the most important jargon for you in a quick and easy guide. What is copyright? Copyright indicates the ownership of a piece of work by a…
Copyright is notoriously boring and long-winded, but, it’s important you know the 101. We’ve put together a list of commonly used terms and definitions so you can up your knowledge game. Copyright is the exclusive right that someone has over…
