President Donald Trump on Thursday signed the Music Modernization Act into law, guaranteeing royalty payments to artists and songwriter for pre-1972 recordings, and increased compensation for works ...

Music royalties are gaining momentum as an attractive ... Music as an asset class has existed for as long as there has been copyright law. Traditionally, ownership and control have been the ...

At the time, Universal Music Group said it violated copyright law. The deal that will see the ... generated content would massively dilute the royalty pool for human artists," he said.

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