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Record your next release in Iceland and get 25% of your costs reimbursed by the State Treasury!
Several countries around the world offer incentives to get movies and TV shows filmed and produced in their country. It’s usually some kind of tax relief but in many cases, it’s a cash rebate. The majority of these deals are only offered to large budget, high profile productions. One of the countries that have offered such a rebate is Iceland, they offer up to 25% cash rebate on the movies and TV productions made there. The movies Batman Begins, Prometheus and Star Trek: In
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Oct 11, 20192 min read


PledgeMusic goes bankrupt, other sites in decline. What is the future for crowdfunding in the music
In early May 2019 music crowdfunding website PledgeMusic announced it was officially entering bankruptcy. Most of the artists who were pledged money through the website will almost certainly not receive the money that was promised to them as the company had used this money to pay company debts instead, breaking their own promise that all funds go directly to the artist. So what went wrong? Is crowdfunding still a viable way to raise money for your projects? How it all began
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Jul 11, 201910 min read


UK Distributor dumps independent labels with “Dear John” style letters (that in some cas
A well known UK distributor early last year starting dumping independent labels, sending some the following letter. “Dear “label name...
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Jan 10, 20193 min read


Trump Signs “Music Modernization Act” but the USA is still decades behind the rest of th
On the 11th October 2018, President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA), or the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music...
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Oct 15, 20183 min read
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