MUSIC-UA 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: United States Copyright Office, Harry Fox Agency, Mergers And Acquisitions
16 Oct 2016
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Today, the heart of music publishing lies in the marketing & administration of rights to songwriters" compositions. Music publisher: includes everything from the one-person company devoted to the writings of a single artist/writer to the multinational affiliates of record companies, film companies, & media giants. Foreign receipts may equal or even outstrip domestic revenue. Today there are only a handful of major publishers that dominate the industry. Takes vast resources to effectively administer these catalogs. Future depends on finding & publishing new material & on growth in new markets. & effective administration & exploitation of rights in existing catalogs. Today, new firms w/ broad repertoires are scarce (those affiliated w/record labels or major media companies) Trace their origins to the music of hollywood, broadway, or tin pan alley. Not unusual for a label & its affiliated publisher to negotiate w/an artist/writer. Label publishing affiliates acquire catalogs from other publishers or writers.
