Music Royalties

This is an article from Outlish on Highway Records and some of their music royalties issues:

http://www.outlish.com/highway-records-fighting-for-royalties/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+outlishmagazine+%28Outlish+Magazine%29

Local newspaper articles on music royalties:
Royalties support composers - Thursday, November 11 2010
http://www.newsday.co.tt/businessday/0,130646.html

Rappers: Pay us our royalties - Spet 3, 2010
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Rappers__Pay_us_our_royalties-102199169.html

'Trini' producers give royalties assurance - Jan 13, 2011   http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_Trini__producers_give_royalties_assurance-113541294.html

Lucas: Music mafia hindering royalities - http://www.thetobagonews.com/news/Lucas__Music_mafia_hindering_royalities-101142474.html

Bob Marley and estate royalties:
http://www.jayblessed.com/2012/01/16/legal-the-marley-estate-settles-royalties-dispute-with-universal-music/

COTT - http://www.caribscape.com/website/cott/default.html
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2011/10/25/patt-christopher-cott-s-new-ceo

RIATT - http://www.riatt.org/News%20Database/RIATT%20Endorses%20TAPPS.htm

Have a look at this site for information on music royalties.
These are American, but gives you an idea of the process.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties6.htmhttp://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties6