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Newmont pays Rp41 billion in q1 royalties to govt
2008-05-17 02:22:00 PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) has paid the Indonesian government Rp41 billion in quarter I (January-March 2008) royalties, PT NNT spokesman Kasan Mulyono said in his press statement here on Friday.He said that the payment was done at the end of last April and was transferred to the account of the minister of finance.The payment of the royalties was done in accordance with article 13 of the work contract between PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara and the Indonesian government as well as the letter of the general mining director general in 2000.The company was established in 1986 and has a license to do explorations and exploitation of mineral resources based on a work contract signed with the Indonesian government on an operation area in Batu Hijau, Sumbawa district, West Nusa Tenggara province. Batu Hijau is an open mining site which is rich in copper condensate deposits with a small gold content.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Monte Carlo Royalties
2008-04-23 02:56:00 Robin Soderling and Jose AcususoIt's funny to see Tennis Served Fresh highlighted some photos taken at the Monte Carlo Masters in this blog post. I agree the photographers must be having a blast at the city that is famous for its casinos.There are more of those pictures here.Igor AndreevIvo Karlovic(Images from Getty Images)
By: hcfoo's blog
Procol Harum singer wins royalties fight
2008-04-04 16:09:00 The lead singer of British band Procol Harum has won an appeal court judgment awarding him full royalties for the band's iconic hit, "A Whiter Shade of Pale."The ruling means the band's singer Gary Brooker is now entitled to all the song's royalties...More?source: cnn.com
By: KLQ Blog
RIAA Wants Songwriters to Get Less Royalties
2008-03-14 17:48:00 In pursuit of their mission to suck the lifeblood and very souls from the musicians who provide the real product in the music industry, the RIAA is seeking to lower the royalty rate that the artist gets for each downloaded track from its current 4.5 cents per song to about 2.5 cents a song. 4.5 ...
By: Daily Nonsense
?Fuzzy? royalties policies challenge Microsoft?s open API pledge
2008-03-08 03:58:00 Royalties charged by Microsoft on Windows APIs and protocols are the next hurdle the company must clear in its wooing of open source developers. Leading open source figures have questioned charges Microsoft makes on its protocols and APIs, with a call to clarify whether Windows server, client and application APIs and protocols that Microsoft has pledged to "open" will come free of charge, and how payments - if levied - would be collected.
By: Server Tales
Busted?s £10 Million Royalties Battle
2008-02-28 23:28:00 Don’t you just hate it when things go sour between former bandmates? Well, that’s what’s happening between ex-Busted boys James Bourne and Matt Willis and their pre-Busted friends Ki McPhail and Owen Doyle. The case hinges on the claim that the band’s manager Richard Rashman ousted McPhail and Doyle from the band and forced them to ...
By: Unreality Music
Ex Busted Band Members To Claim £10 Million in Royalties
2008-02-26 21:59:00 Ki McPhail and Owen Doyle who are two former members of Busted claim that they have never received Royalties which were due to them and have launched a £10 million High Court case, alleging that they were forced to give up any rights to the songs by Richard Rashman, who is the band?s manager. “The pressure ...
By: Product Reviews
RIM e Motorola si punzecchiano sulle royalties
2008-02-19 10:35:00 E’ emersa ieri la notizia che RIM ha citato Motorola per l’eccessivo costo di licenza di una serie di tecnologie della stessa Motorola che vengono utilizzate da Rim (tra le quali quelle per usare il WiFi sui cellulari) e per la non ammissione da parte di Motorola di utilizzare brevetti RIM e conseguentemente non pagandone ...
By: BBWorld
Brain Age?s Dr. Kawashima turns down over $22 million in royalties, limits
2008-02-06 12:20:00 Dr. Ryuta Kawashima is well known as the pixelated face from Nintendo’s extremely popular Brain Age games. The Japanese scientist is now making headlines due to the fact that he has turned down $22 million dollars in royalties! Why did he turn down so much money? Because he’d rather work for a living than become an ...
Game researcher ducks millions in royalties
2008-02-05 10:30:00 Co-developer of multi-million seller 'Brain Age' gave royalty share to college construction efforts.By Mike SmithFeb 5, YahooRyuta Kawashima, the researcher behind Nintendo's Brain Age series of games for the DS portable system, would rather be working than enjoying $11 million in royalties he could have earned from his creations."Not a single yen has gone in my pocket," Dr. Kawashima told the AFP in a recent interview. Kawashima, whose likeness was heavily featured in the best-selling Brain Age games, is instantly recognizable to almost 12 million gamers worldwide.Under the terms of his agreement with his employer, Tohoku University in Japan's north-east region, Kawashima was entitled to accept half the Brain Age royalties personally.Read more this news quotephoto by yahoo
Aunt Viv says No Royalties...No Sex Tape!
2008-01-14 06:07:00 Vivica Fox is still denying the existence of a sex tape [or cell video] because she only gets paid to perform on film..."Vivica does not have a sex tape. If I did, I would be making my own money off of it. As a 43-year-old woman, I would never allow a man to put me in that position. If you see me having a love scene, it's going to be choreographed in a movie, and be fabulous."Why is Vivica talking in third person? Plus, some people may have thought the brain game displayed in the grainy video was fabulous...Source: People.com
Author Donates Royalties to Stop Dam Building
2008-01-03 13:09:00 India has undergone many dam projects as have many other developing countries. Foreign investment, flood control, irrigation canals, and energy production are the cited reasons for dam construction but critics claim that the devastation to the human population living in the flood zones and the ecological damage, as well as statistics stating historical dam projects provide significantly less energy output as expected, encourage extreme resistance to dam construction.In India, massive protests in the form of hunger strikes, and donations of book royalties from famous Indian writer Arundhati Roy* keep this debate in the news.Book Review: "Power Politics", 2001, author Arundhati Roy, Indian female writer (also author of famous novel "The God of Small Things"This book is a series of essays exploring water dam building and energy production in India, political response to September 11, 2001 in expectation of a U.S. war with Afghanistan, and free speech.One essay from the book is called "...
Newton-John Settles With Universal Over Grease Royalties
2007-12-06 00:42:00 Olivia Newton-John has settled with Universal Music International on her lawsuit alleging that they owed her one million dollars in royalties from the soundtrack to the movie Grease.While the exact terms of the settlement have not been released, it is known that their is a deal based on "the satisfactory completion of specified items." Lawyers for both parties must now go back to court on January 15 to ask for a dismissal. The trial was set to begin March 3.The suit dates back to December 2006 when Newton-John claimed that she was not compensated for the long-term sales of the soundtrack album. Universal tried to have the case tossed out based on non-proper notification and lack of jurisdiction over the company in California.Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled against Universal on both counts, saying that jurisdiction applied as they regularly sent royalty payments to Newton-John, among others, in California. The judge also showed proof that the company had been properly informed of...
Regresan RKM & KenY con ?The Royalties?
2007-12-04 17:35:00 El dúo RKM & Ken-Y, conocido por su estilo de reguetón romántico, lanzará durante el mes de enero su segunda producción discográfica, que llevará el título de ?The Royalties?. ?Estamos trabajando fuerte, pues queremos superar el primer disco (?Masterpiece?)?, explicó RKM acerca del proyecto. ?Será un disco variado con nuestro característico reguetón romántico, pero haremos fusiones con ...
By: ElCorillord.Com
Charice Pempengco Crowned One of Hollywood Royalties by E!
2007-11-19 10:19:00 Our very own Charice Pempengco was crowned “hollywood royalty” alongside Matt Damon in a feature on E! Channel’s entertainment news program entitled “Crowning Achievements.” This is the second time Charice was featured on the Hollywood program since a video of her performing “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” became a Youtube sensation. After ...
By: Starmometer
Disney to forgo royalties on Asian park
2007-11-11 07:36:00 The Walt Disney company is to forgo royalties from it underperforming Hong Kong theme park as part of a plan to help the park boost attendance figures, a Hong Kong news report said.The company also ...
Hollywood writers poised to strike over royalties
2007-11-02 12:25:00 LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Hollywood writers are poised to strike after their negotiating team recommended a walkout in a dispute over royalties at a Thursday night meeting of the union membership.The Writers Guild of America board will meet on Friday to make a formal decision and set a strike date against producers. It would be the union's first strike in nearly 20 years.Steve Skrovan, a screenwriter for the Fox show "Til Death," said after the meeting that a strike is all but inevitable."We've never been more united and we are willing to deal -- and our decision makers are at the table," said Skrovan. "Their decision makers are not at the table, and that tells you pretty much all you need to know about how the companies are pushing this." Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers President Nick Counter said the news was no surprise."By the WGA leadership's actions at the bargaining table, we are not surprised by tonight's recommendation," Counter said in a writ...
Kate Moss Won?t Take Babyshambles Royalties
2007-10-31 14:42:00 Funniest story of the day is the news that Kate Moss apparently has writing credits on four songs off the new Babyshambles album, Shotter’s Nation. By the way, if Shotter’s Nation doesn’t sound like the title of a 1970’s British sitcom, I don’t know what does. Anyway, it seems Kate co-wrote the songs while in bed ...
By: Unreality Music
Royalties- What Changes Are In Store?
2007-10-26 13:09:00 Ed Stelmach's proposal includes:OIL SANDS*Introduce price-sensitive formulas before and after capital costs are paid out. The payments will slide between 1 percent and 9 percent of revenues with increases starting at an oil price of $55 a barrel and a cap set at $120 a barrel. Post-payout, royalties will be 25 to 40 percent of net profits.NATURAL GAS*Gas royalties will be set on a formula using price and production volume. New royalty rates will range from 5 percent to 50 percent with rate caps at C$17.50 per million British thermal units.*Royalties for natural gas liquids will be set at 40 percent for pentanes and 30 percent for butanes and propane.CONVENTIONAL OIL*Royalties will be linked to well production and price with the government's take rising as high as 50 percent. Rates to be capped if the oil price hits $120 per barrel.Source: Government of AlbertaRead Factbox Uk Reuters Article Here
Royalties - Doom And Gloom or...?
2007-10-26 11:52:00 I would be off my game if I didn't at least mention the very important, some would say shocking, announcement Ed Stelmach made announcing that, yes, Alberta will increase oil sands royalties by January 1, 2009.The increases mean that the money Alberta collects from the energy business could be a staggering 20% higher than the original forecast for 2010, which would equate to a $1.4-billion increase into the province's treasury. What started it all?A report by Alberta's provincial panel said royalties had not kept pace with world energy markets, that all projects in the booming oil rich region should be paying more. "Albertans do not receive their fair share from energy development.""The energy industry has been a phenomenal driver," "It not only affects Alberta ... It's going to set the direction for where this industry goes and where Alberta goes the next five to 10 years." Greg Stringham, vice president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum ProducersAlberta has been negati...
Calling For Hike In Oil Sands Royalties
2007-09-28 04:03:00 "A government-appointed panel reviewing Alberta's energy royalties called Tuesday for the oil-rich Canadian province to increase its total take from the energy industry by 20 percent a year, or roughly $2 billion Canadian (US $1.97 billion; €1.42 billion)."How will this affect the Albertan Economy?1. Albertan will see more more of the Oil Sands revenue in infrastructure and perhaps more rebate cheques.2. Oil companies worry that rising royalties may slow or hinder production.With the oil prices rising and Alberta's 175 Billion barrels of oil, second only to Saudi Arabia, many companies will pay the royalties to participate in what may be the biggest economic boom of the century.READ MORE
Clear Channel asking artists to waive royalties again?
2007-09-04 19:16:00 The newish blog TalentFilter is reporting that Clear Channel is once again after artists' royalties. This time it's in connection with a contest that L.A. station KYSR (Star 98.7) is sponsoring for bands. The contest promises the winner a spot on the station's Star Lounge CD, a Star Lounge Concert at the Guitar Center Studio, and $10,000.It's only in the legalese of the contest rules that the real "prize" is revealed -- it appears artists must waive their royalties to participate and allow Clear Channel to use their music in nearly any form. Here's an excerpt of the language:...BY SUBMITTING THE SONG, YOU HEREBY GRANT TO THE COMPANY A PERPETUAL, WORLDWIDE, NON-EXCLUSIVE, ROYALTY-FREE, SUB-LICENSABLE (THROUGH MULTIPLE TIERS) RIGHT AND LICENSE TO USE, PUBLISH, REPRODUCE, DISPLAY, PERFORM, ADAPT, MODIFY, DISTRIBUTE, HAVE DISTRIBUTED AND PROMOTE SUCH CONTENT IN ANY FORM (INCLUDING ANY TITLE OF THE VIDEO AND YOUR NAME AND LIKENESS), IN ALL MEDIA NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER CREATED, ANY...
Jakarta demands royalties hike from Freeport mine
2007-08-16 01:49:00 The Indonesian government is seeking higher royalties from production at US mining giant Freeport McMoRan's Grasberg mine in the easternmost province of Papua."On the matter of royalties from gold, we are asking that they be raised to 3.5 percent," said Witoro Soelarno, the head of mine inspection at Indonesia's energy ministry. The current royalty level for gold mined by Freeport's local unit according to a 1991 contract stands at 1 percent. Freeport Indonesia is the country's largest taxpayer.Soelarno said the company should pay a higher royalty to the Indonesian government as the purity level of gold mined in the past few years had improved to one gram per every one tonne of ore.Critics accuse Freeport of not giving enough to the people of Papua in return for the mine. They allege the mine causes pollution and that the military's protection of the site leads to human rights abuses.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
I've been getting paid Squidoo royalties
2007-08-07 18:51:00 For the past two months, I've actually reached the payout threshold at Squidoo for royalties on my lenses. I am constantly adding new lenses, deleting old ones that have lost their focus, and updating the ones I do have. My rankings fluctuate. My highest performing lens gets about 50 hits a week. read more
By: Communati.com
How To Copyright Your Music To Protect Your Future Royalties
2007-07-30 20:02:00 Many musicians confuse copyrighting music with registering music; these are two different things. According to the law in the United States, once you have written or recorded your music in a permanent form, it is automatically copyrighted. Of course, it might help to first understand what it means to copyright music. A copyright is a certain legal protection that is offered to those who compose creative works, whether those works are art, music, or the written word. The U. S. Constitution states there are limits one can place on the amount of time the work is exclusively protected. If you copyright music, this means you (and you alone) have the right to use your work or allow others to use your work. You also have the right to distribute copies of your work. Whether those copies are in the form of written or sheet music or recorded music to the public as well as the right to perform your music for the public. There is something called Fair Use (more commonly known as ...
Market Solution for Webcasting Royalties Dilemna
2007-07-23 22:55:00 Eliot Van Buskirk, of wired.com, has submitted a proposal for resolving the impasse between webcasters and SoundExchange over streaming music. Unfortunately, he's ignored the 800 pound gorilla sitting pointlessly in the middle of the debate.
By: Philaahzophy
Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, 84; fought Disney over Pooh royalties
2007-07-20 09:15:00 Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, a brand-marketing pioneer whose battle with Walt Disney Co. over royalties generated by Winnie the Pooh merchandise was one of the longest-running co...
Copyrights, Royalties & Sharing by Evan Palmer
2007-07-07 03:06:00 A way around increasingly rigid copyright protection mechanisms or overdone policing efforts is to expand on the idea that Canada has used regarding taxing blank cassettes and tapes. We can keep tabs on how often a song or album is downloaded and pay out to the artists based on that up to a maximum. This type of royalty acknowledges the new internet medium, its mobile adjuncts and the decentralization and commons philosophy while still rewarding the artists who create the works.If successful, a regime of this type would lead to reciprocal agreements in other jurisdictions up to the stipulated maximum. Thus, as an example, a specific fee on internet connectivity would pay into a fund that would be used to pay out royalities to artists per time period per jurisdiction.This compensation scheme may actually pay out more to artists than the traditional method. The other tremendous advantage of it is that it would encourage the growth of small groups and unknown artists while it reduces t...
RESALE ROYALTIES
2007-06-20 01:50:00 RESALE ROYALTIES One of the major talking points in the art world of late has been resale royalties. For those of you who are not familiar with the art market and royalties for artists, in most countries artists only get paid when an artwork is sold for the first time on the primary market. For many ...
By: Art Market Blog
Do Resale Royalties Have an Affect on The Art Market ??
2007-06-20 01:50:00 Do Resale Royalties Have an Affect on The Art Market ?? One of the major talking points in the art world of late has been resale royalties. For those of you who are not familiar with the art market and royalties for artists, in most countries artists only get paid when an artwork is sold ...
By: Art Market Blog
Do Resale Royalties Have an Affect on The Art Market ??
2007-06-20 01:50:00 Do Resale Royalties Have an Affect on The Art Market ?? One of the major talking points in the art world of late has been resale royalties. For those of you who are not familiar with the art market and royalties for artists, in most countries artists only get paid when an artwork is sold ...
By: Art Market Blog
RIAA Wants Public Radio to Pay Royalties
2007-05-25 12:23:00 DailyTech has a story of how the RIAA is now going after public radio and wants a royalty fee from them soon. An excerpt: Recent studies show that sales of music have actually increased over the last several years despite arguments from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that online MP3 sharing negatively impact sales. ...
By: The p2p Blog
AMERICA: Congress, Oil Drillers Set to Clash Over Royalties [ma.gnolia]
2007-05-07 00:07:00 Tags: American Petroleum Institute, AMERICAS, BP, Bush, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Gulf of Mexico, Johnnie Burton, Marathon Oil, Shell, Stephen Allred, Thomas Advisors, US Congress
By: ENERGY BLOG
British performers face loss of royalties
2007-05-01 05:36:00 LONDON, April 30: British musical performers are trying to convince Parliament to extend the copyright limit for sound recordings.
By: newkerala.com
Royalties pain Internet radio stations
2007-03-08 06:49:03 WASHINGTON, March 7: A Washington copyright panel that more than doubled fees U.S. Internet radio stations must pay for music is being called the industry's possible executioner.
By: newkerala.com
Procul Harem founder wins royalties court case
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Procul Harem founder Gary Brooker has won back full rights to the royalties from his band's 1967 hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale. A London court today overturned a 2006 ruling that awarded the band's organist, Matthew Fisher, 40% of the song's earnings.The judge in the previous case ruled in ...
By: Mp3 weblog
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