Realize that this is not the fault of the songwriter–it’s easy to find these songwriters if you look for them. Apple seems to be able to run their service on a loophole-free basis.) (You can search for yourself in the SX Works NOI Lookup database ( account registration required) that indexes the 60,000,000 plus “address unknown” notices to the Copyright Office from companies like Spotify, Google, Amazon–although interestingly, not Apple. For the background on mass NOI loophole see my article from the American Bar Association Entertainment & Sports Lawyer.) The more we research this issue, the less anyone will believe that the Music Modernization Act is going to solve the problem of not finding what you don’t look for. (This issue involves mechanical royalties, not SoundExchange royalties or ASCAP/BMI/SESAC royalties. What else do these artists have in common aside from being some of Austin’s most loved and respected artists and songwriters? Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart can’t seem to find them and have sent “address unknown” NOIs for all of them. We even have a street named after Willie. You probably know Willie Nelson and so do we. You may not know the names Shinyribs, Guy Forsyth, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Grupo Fantasma, Carolyn Wonderland, Sara Hickman or Jimmy LaFave, but we do here in Austin.
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