Music Royalties

Session musicians and vocalists claim in a <strong><a href="http://courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/music.pdf">federal class action</a> </strong>that they are entitled to the more than $100 million in royalties kept in a fund created in 1998 by two artist unions.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) – Session musicians and vocalists claim in a federal class action that they are entitled to the more than $100 million in royalties kept in a fund created in 1998 by AFM, short for the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, and SAG-AFTRA, short for the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

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