A Global Overview of Public Performance Revenues from Sound Recordings and Neighbouring Rights

Thomas A. White is a consultant specializing in the rights of artists and creators, the asset management of intellectual property and in the record and music publishing industries. Mr. White is based in Beverly-Hills, provides litigation consulting and expert witness services and is a (non-attorney) member of the Planning Committee of the USC Institute on Entertainment Law and Business.

Samantha Schilling Robinson is the Vice President of Neighbouring Rights at Peermusic, where she leads global initiatives to maximize performance revenue for artists and rights holders. With over a decade of experience in music rights management and international business development, she has held key leadership roles at Songtradr and Reel Muzik Werks, driving strategic growth and creative partnerships across markets. In addition to her work at Peermusic, Samantha serves with BM&A – Brasil, Música e Artes, fostering cross-cultural collaborations in the global music industry. Based in Los Angeles, she brings a multidisciplinary background that includes studies in international business, political science, and design from UCLA and American Jewish University.

Matthew Hurewitz of Hurewitz and Company. The organization performs royalty & participation Compliance Audits, to find Client’s unpaid royalties and profit participations. These are often called “Royalty Audits,” Profit Participation Audits,” “Forensic Audits” or “Compliance Audits.” We also provide Litigation Support, Expert Witness testimony, Income Generation and Commission Checking. We do this work in many industries, including Film/TV, Music, Consumer Products, Licensing, IP, Oil/Gas, Patents, and many others.

OO & General Counsel

Bill Colitre joined Music Reports^® in 2006. He serves as counsel to the company, strategic consultant to its clients, and head of the company’s Licensing Group. As part of the Music Reports team, he has contributed advice and/or systems development for most of the subscription music services ever launched in the United States, participated in precedent-setting performance rights and Copyright Royalty Board proceedings, developed the company’s Royalty Services division, and expanded the company’s operations beyond the United States. He is a named inventor of the company’s sound recording data matching patent (US Pat. No. 10157434). He began his career at Loeb & Loeb LLP and later served as counsel to CBS Paramount Network Television. He has served leading artists (Diana Ross, Rob Thomas, Tenacious D), publishers (Warner/Chappell, Leiber & Stoller), labels (Universal Music Group, Ruthless Records), digital distributors (CD Baby, INgrooves, Believe), music services (Sirius XM, SoundCloud, Pandora), producers (Netflix, HBO), and consumer products companies (American Greetings, QVC). He is a graduate of UC San Diego and Loyola Law School, where he earned the American Jurisprudence Award in Copyright. He is a member of the Copyright Society of the USA and a former Lecturer at USC Gould School of Law, teaching Music Law in Practice.