The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) today sent a letter to dozens of artists signed under the Sony Music Entertainment (SME) umbrella drawing their attention to a move by SME to devalue songwriter streaming mechanical royalties.
Dear Sony Music Entertainment Artist:
The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is presently involved...
July 1- July 31 “Recommended” Songs Considered for P2P Luncheon.
Congratulations to the writers below who had songs recommended between July 1st and July 31st for consideration for our Publisher Luncheon. These were submitted to the Song Evaluation Service and were recommended by the NSAI Evaluators who reviewed them. NSAI...
This edition of Heart & Song was contributed by Nashville based artist/songwriter, Jamie Floyd.
Department of Justice
Songwriter groups have already begun to fight the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) final ruling issued yesterday that mandates 100% music licensing by both ASCAP and BMI and says the new system must start within one year. BMI immediately filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the DOJ...
OFFICIAL WRITTEN RULING FINALLY ISSUED FROM DOJ REGARDING 100% LICENSING
The below statement has been issued by NSAI Board President and songwriter, Lee Thomas Miller on August 4, 2016.
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“I cannot emphasize strongly enough how ludicrous this DOJ ruling is. NSAI has...
