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MCNA thanks US Copyright Royalty Board for its positive response to calls for transparency

18 Oct 2022

Our international partners, Music Creators North America announced their elation today at the US Copyright Royalty Board’s (CRB) positive response to the filings by songwriter George Johnson and MCNA, regarding the dire need for transparency in the mechanical rate setting…

Independent music creator groups will again speak out on new CRB Phonorecords IV royalty proposal

04 May 2022

SGA, SCL & MCNA to review the new mechanical royalty rate settlement of the major labels and publishers, seeking to ensure that the music creator proposals on which they are based have been fully incorporated May 4, 2022: New York…

Victory for music creators over frozen mechanical royalties

30 Mar 2022

Our colleagues in the U.S. reported yesterday that the country’s Copyright Royalty Board has rejected the proposal to freeze mechanical and download royalty rates made by corporate giants in the record and music publishing industry. These groups had argued that…

FTMI statement on Ukraine invasion

03 Mar 2022

Fair Trade Music International has joined the global creator community to condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This unjustified and brutal act of aggression is an assault on the lives, rights and freedoms of the…

Physical sales and downloads: Why they still matter to music creators

11 Jun 2021

Music Creators North America (MCNA) shared the following article today which posed the question: how important are the sales of CDs, vinyl records and downloads to artists, songwriters, composers and record labels? This question has become a hot topic recently…

UK based #FixStreaming campaign gathers momentum

18 Feb 2021

In the UK, the Musicians Union and Ivors Academy are continuing work on their joint campaign to address what it sees as fundamental inequalities in the music streaming economy. Following the launch of a petition that attracted more than 17,000…

Led Zepplin guitarist joins call for equitable streaming payments to songwriters

14 Dec 2020

British songwriter, guitarist and founding member of Led Zepplin, Jimmy Page, has added his voice to the campaign for digital music streaming companies to make fairer payments to songwriters. He made the comments in an open letter he felt “compelled”…

“Right now, hit songwriters are driving Ubers” Reports BBC

12 Dec 2020

The UK inquiry into the economics of music streaming continued this week with MPs hearing more testimony from songwriters. Fiona Bevan has released a number of her own albums and also co-written songs such as “Little Things” which became a…

The current streaming economy is “threatening the future of music”

28 Nov 2020

The UK government has been conducting an enquiry into the economics of music streaming. This week, the UK digital, culture, media and sport select committee heard testimony from a number of prominent songwriters. each of whom repeated the message that…

“Justice at Spotify” campaign launched by Union of Musicians and Allied Workers

27 Oct 2020

A new artist-focused campaign has been launched in the US by the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers that aims to redress what it sees as an imbalance in the royalties paid out by streaming companies. The campaign is called…