Presenter: Amy G. Marino, Williams Mullen
CLE TRACK For: Legal professionals, Artists, Managers, Agents, Record Labels, Publishers
This session is an overview of key current issues relating to music licensing issues, using the 2015 Copyright Office report as the primary resource. Issues to be discussed include: extending the public performance right in sound recordings to terrestrial radio broadcasts; federal protection for pre-1972 sound recordings; potential changes to the ASCAP and BMI consent decrees; greater consistency in rate-setting standards for all government rates; and proposals for greater licensing efficiencies and transparency, including "MROs" for licensing both mechanical and public performance rights.
