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		<title>Songwriters: Protecting Your Cellphone Against Hackers Could Be Crucial for Song Protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We frequently hear from songwriters that they&#8217;re highly fearful of their music being stolen. If you fall in that category, now there&#8217;s another worry. Your smartphone. We all know about being careful about the websites we visit, the emails we open and links we click, but the dangers of  losing data to a smartphone hacker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackout Sites Include Google, Wikipedia, WordPress in Protest Against Anti-Piracy Bills</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/blackout-sites-include-google-wikipedia-wordpress-in-protest-against-anti-piracy-bills</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Songwriter News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Piracy — or stealing songs, videos and anything a thief can get his hands on is OK? The gall of these Internet companies. They make their livings mostly on the creativity of others. But they&#8217;d rather sacrifice the providers of their content than go to the trouble of protecting that content against vandals!
They claim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotty McCreery’s Debut Album Goes Platinum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When news was released that Scotty McCreery would be recording in Nashville, we  received tons of requests from writers we work with to pitch their songs to him. Problem was, by then, he had already locked up the songs he would record. That&#8217;s the way it goes. By the time the popular press and sites start talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriters: Beware Bad Advice From Internet Characters Who Falsely Claim To Be Legal Experts!</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/songwriters-beware-bad-advice-from-internet-characters-who-falsely-claim-to-be-legal-experts</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Songwriter News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Songwriting Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demo recordings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hate to see people who contact us get sidetracked and even hoodwinked by asking for advice in the wrong places. Here&#8217;s a case in point: A lyricist looking for help poses a question on a site which indicates that it&#8217;s a site specializing in legal advice on intellectual property matters (copyright, trademark) Unfortunately it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a Songwriter Hooray! YouTube buys licensing firm RightsFlow</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/time-for-a-songwriter-hooray-youtube-buys-licensing-firm-rightsflow</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/time-for-a-songwriter-hooray-youtube-buys-licensing-firm-rightsflow#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Songwriter News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a battle over pirated music and videos on YouTube to a settlement to this announcement, a lot of ground has been covered in the effort to get creators and distributors of music the royalties they deserve for play on the giant video website.
YouTube has acquired RightsFlow, a company that helps songwriters, recording artists, labels, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valerie Simpson and Mike Stoller will join Usher in a tribute to songwriters on Grammy special</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie Simpson of the hit songwriting/performing duo Ashford and Simpson and Mike Stoller of the GRAMMY-winning songwriting team Leiber &#38; Stoller — both of whom lost their longtime songwriting partners Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber this past year — will join previously announced seven-time GRAMMY winner Usher in a tribute to songwriters on &#8220;The GRAMMY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s SOCAN Songwriters, Publishers &amp; Lyricists Celebrate 22nd Annual Awards</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/canadas-socan-songwriters-publishers-lyricists-celebrate-22nd-annual-awards</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/canadas-socan-songwriters-publishers-lyricists-celebrate-22nd-annual-awards#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abdominal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Wright]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steven Page]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2011 /CNW/ &#8211; SOCAN and the Canadian music industry gathered tonight at Roy Thomson Hall to  honour some of Canada&#8217;s most talented songwriters, composers, lyricists  and music publishers at the 22nd annual SOCAN Awards Gala. Co-hosted by Steven Page, Michelle Wright and Abdominal, the SOCAN Awards acknowledged its members&#8217; outstanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriters of the Year Honored at BMI Awards</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/songwriters-of-the-year-honored-at-bmi-awards</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dallas Davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhett Akins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CMA awards week in Nashville continued last night with the third of the PRO awards sessions, all leading up to tonight&#8217;s CMA Awards celebration.
Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind country music’s most-performed songs of the past year during last night’s 11/8 59th annual BMI Country Awards, staged at the organization’s Nashville [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriter Ben Hayslip takes top ASCAP 2011 songwriting honors</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/songwriter-ben-hayslip-takes-top-ascap-2011-songwriting-honors</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/songwriter-ben-hayslip-takes-top-ascap-2011-songwriting-honors#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[joe Nichols]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Songwriter Ben Hayslip was the night’s top winner, collecting his first ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award on Sunday night during the performing rights organization’s 49th annual country awards.
Hayslip had a hand in writing five of ASCAP’s most-performed songs in the last year: “All About Tonight” (Blake Shelton), “All Over Me” (Josh Turner); “Farmer’s Daughter” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary Songwriter Denny Randell Nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/legendary-songwriter-denny-randell-nominated-for-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct 27, 2011 MARKETWIRE via COMTEX &#8212; Veteran songwriter and GI Jams R co-founder Denny Randell is a 2012 nominee for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Randell has collaborated with many songwriting partners, including co-nominee Sandy Linzer and with Bob Crewe. Randells catalogue with Linzer includes &#8220;A Lovers Concerto,&#8221; &#8220;Working [...]]]></description>
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