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Oct 5, 2020 · How did George Gershwin go from being from a high school dropout to become a wealthy composer? We look at how he made his fortune.
Jan 2, 2020 · As the decade changed over on January 1, thousands of once-copyrighted works from 1924 entered the public domain. Ninety-five years after their creation, these classics are finally free to use ...
Jan 4, 2020 · Among the classic works that can now be reproduced, reprinted, performed or shown by anyone without interference from heirs of their creators or the payment of license fees are George...
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Jan 3, 2020 · With the coming of the new year, Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is now freely available to adapt. This has upset the Gershwin estate, and not just because it stands to lose a lot of money.
- Payment For Performance
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- An Economic Downturn
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The amount a songwriter and publisher get paid for an artist’s live performance can vary wildly, with some songs garnering a couple of bucks or hundreds of dollars. Plumb said the two generally split this income 50-50. He recalled that he represented a songwriter who wrote a hit for a well-known artist who played that song every night of a big summ...
One of the tricky things about royalties is that different music societies might represent a single song. “If that song that was performed in your venue is partially represented by the [Society of European Stage Authors and Composers], then you’ve infringed, technically, on the public performance right of the SESAC portion, but not the ASCAP and BM...
The COVID-19 crisis was particularly challenging for the music industry, shutting down many venues. “COVID really exposed how at risk and fragile the live music industry is, not only for venues — but for the performers that are making their living in our venues,” Parks said. Parks said she understands that venues need to have licenses, but wonders ...
Like books, songs enter the public domain. Their copyrights expire eventually, decades after they were published. Back on Jan. 1, 2019, copyrighted works from 1923 began entering the domain — the first timeworks had done so in two decades. Since then, a new batch has entered the public domain each year. All music, film and literature published in 1...
Jan 1, 2020 · Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is Copyright Free. Starting today anyone can legally remix and republish classics that include Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Gift of...
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The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is the nation’s highest award for influence, impact and achievement in the field of popular song.
