X Sues Music Publishers, Alleging ‘Collusion’ Over Licensing Deals

The social media platform says it was pressured into licensing agreements for songs “at inflated rates.” In 2023, publishers ...
JD Supra

SESAC music licensing overview for restaurant and club owners

Many new business owners in the restaurant, bar, nightclub, and karaoke business fail to understand that if live music is played in their establishment (called a public performance), the establishment ...
TSNN

What Trade Show Organizers Don't Know About Music Licensing—and Why You're at Risk

It's the morning of your biggest trade show. The exhibit hall is buzzing with coffee and conversation. You cue up some Spotify playlists—smooth jazz for the breakfast session, walk-on music for your ...
Digital Journal

Empowering musicians and content creators: SphereTrax’s creator-first music licensing platform

Sefi Carmel (left) of SphereTrax and Taichi Ito of NOMA (right) at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo courtesy of Sefi Carmel Sefi Carmel (left) of SphereTrax and Taichi Ito of NOMA (right) at the Cannes ...
The Baltimore Sun

License fees put the squeeze on live music venues

For years, live music fans could stop in at Mad City Coffee in Columbia on a Friday or Saturday night and take in a set or two of rock, folk or improvisational jazz. The 2,000-square-foot ...