Music Industry, Publishers Ask Trump to Protect Copyright

President-elect Donald Trump is hearing from the music and publishing industries about the importance of copyright protections to the national economy.

Nineteen music industry associations, in a joint letter to Trump released Tuesday, also took a swipe at the technology industry for engaging in a “massive ‘value grab’” from content producers. Tech companies — leaders of which met with Trump in New York yesterday — “can do better” to protect music creators, they said.

A publishing industry association, in a letter released today, reminded Trump that both he and his daughter, Ivanka, are published authors whose works, like others produced ...