But American broadcasters have never paid a royalty for using sound recordings, which are typically owned by a record label, successfully arguing that record labels are already compensated by the promotional benefits of having their music played over the air.
These deductible payments are for interest, management fees and overhead fees and as royalties for use of intellectual property like the company logo and patents on drugs and oil drilling techniques.
For songwriters and their publishers, though, the ubiquity of lyrics on Web sites presents both opportunities and problems — especially when it comes to getting some of the sites to pay royalties for use of the lyrics.
He is optimistic about making a comeback and he seems almost singularly focused on Rambus, the designer of high-speed chip technologies, which is currently involved in litigation in the United States and Europe to force chipmakers to pay royalties for use of its patented technology.
Settling a licensing dispute that has spawned lawsuits in three countries and dragged on for more than 3 years, Nokia agreed to pay Qualcomm an upfront payment as well as royalties for use of some pretty basic mobile phone technology as well as some newer technologies, but Nokia said its royalty rate per phone has dropped.
Although the album's liner notes state that the song contains an "interpolation" of "Pigs Go Home", Stein is not credited as a composer and his wife was not paid royalties for use of the song.
Eastman Kodak sued Apple and Research In Motion (RIM) in January 2010, filing two lawsuits against Apple and a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against both Apple and RIM after the companies refused to pay royalties for use of Kodak's patents for digital cameras.
By reconstructing this program, we can make coal communities stronger, ensure taxpayers aren't missing out on royalties for using public land, and bring us one step closer to a clean energy future.
