Neowin News Feed for: Royalty

YouTubers can add copyright music in their videos with flexible revenue sharing

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:44:01 +0000

YouTube has announced 'Creator Music', which allows YouTubers to use licensed music in their videos without attracting penalties. There's a catalog of popular music, with flexible revenue sharing. Read more...

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News Staff — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 15:46:01 +0000

With today's highlighted deal, you can download unlimited authentic royalty-free images to use in PowerPoint, websites, social media, Ads and more while saving hundreds of dollars off a lifetime plan. Read more...

Qualcomm claims Apple owes it $7 billion in royalties

Usama Jawad — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 05:24:02 +0000

In the ongoing legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple, the former has claimed that the Cupertino giant owes it $7 billion in royalties. Apple has rejected this claim, deeming it to be unfair. Read more...

CD Projekt rejects demand by Witcher author for $16.1 million in additional royalty

Ruel Revales — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:16:01 +0000

The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski is demanding an additional $16.1 million in royalty from CD Projekt for developing a video game version of the book. The developer has declined the demand. Read more...

Blackberry sues Nokia for "willful and deliberate" infringement of patents

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:32:02 +0000

Blackberry has sued Nokia for intentionally infringing its patents, demanding tha the Finnish company pay damages. This isn't the first time the two companies have clashed in a patent row. Read more...

UK gang gets jail time for iTunes music royalty scam

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:56:53 +0000

A number of UK residents have received jail time for an scam that involved using stolen credit cards to buy their own music on iTunes and Amazon and then taking the royalties from those sales. Read more...

Microsoft demands Samsung pay $15 per Android smartphone sold

Brad Sams — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:51:16 +0000

Over the past few weeks Microsoft has been inking deals with several manufactures over royalties when producing Android handsets. And now Microsoft is going after Samsung, and they are asking for $15 per handset sold... Read more...

YouTube seals UK music royalty deal

Tom Warren — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:08:07 +0000

YouTube has secured an agreement with the UK societies that collect royalties for 50,000 composers, songwriters and publishers to legitimise the use of recorded music on Google's popular video-sharing website. The agreement to license 10m... Read more...

Music Industry Offers Discounted Royalty Rate

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:28:29 +0000

Yesterday, a music industry group said small Internet radio broadcasters could pay discounted royalty rates for streaming music online through 2010, a move that could keep the struggling businesses alive. Webcasters who earn $1.25 million... Read more...

New RIAA Royalty fees for Internet Radio

Steven Parker — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:35:25 +0000

The longstanding debate between webcasters and the RIAA really hasn't been a hot topic since 2002-2003, when the RIAA pushed hard for some significant royalties that threatened to put smaller operations out of business. Smaller... Read more...

Nintendo Cuts Royalty Rates to Woo Game Developers

Marcel Klum — Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:54:04 +0000

Nintendo on Thursday said it has trimmed the royalty rates it charges outside game developers, in an effort beef up the roster of hit titles available on its flagging GameCube console. Japan's Nintendo,... Read more...