Issues surrounding copyright and royalty fees have at least one thing in common with virtually everything else that existed before the 21st century: things got a lot more complicated thanks to the Internet. Before the advent of things like streaming services and Youtube, royalties were pretty much paid in two categories. Mechanical royalties were paid […]

“But listen, you don’t need to be worried about these Alt-Right guys. They don’t want to fuck with Black guys. They just really hate the Jews.” It is one week after 32-year-old Heather Heyer was struck and killed by a James Alex Fields with his silver Dodge Challenger while protesting the White suprematists’ rally to […]

Star Trek: Discovery premiered Sunday, September 24, 2017 to less than stellar reviews. Set a decade before Star Trek: TOS (The Original Series), Discovery follows the exploits of the USS Discovery during the Federation/Klingon Cold War. (For the uninitiated, the Federation is a sort of interstellar United Nations, while the Klingons are, well, the bad […]

In the post “Blurred Lines” age of music law, copyright infringement is being more overseen. The newest case comes in the form of Radiohead vs. Lana Del Rey. Radiohead is claiming a song of Lana’s latest LP, “Get Free,” is similar to that of Radiohead’s biggest hit, “Creep.” While the similarities can be heard, it’s […]