It is surprising that, to date, most of the conversation around the music licensing challenges faced by new music services has centered on cost rather…
New music media companies are trying to lower intellectual property costs. Digital radio is calling for cheaper royalty fees and forcing the issue on a…
Allowing others the freedom to sample and remix a musician’s work can be a true positive for everyone involved. In the age of technology, there…
It is true that in recent years technology has been challenging the entertainment industry, not only allowing a widely unauthorized circulation of copyrighted works, but…
‘Graduated response plans’ are geared towards fighting illegal online file sharing and have been implemented over the past two and a half years in France,…
At the end of February, WIPO and its International Music Registry group (IMR) released a long-awaited “Study on the Role and Functions of the International…
Chris Woods is the cofounder and COO of TuneSat. Since launching in 2009, TuneSat has helped rights holders collect millions of dollars that would otherwise…
In Hollywood, they call him Dr. Evil. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, his company has stolen over half a billion dollars from copyright…
The crisis in the recording music industry has diminished the breadth and diversity of record label catalogs at a time when there are more artists…
After watching prime time dramas such as ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, the amount of new music that a show like this introduces to the public is…
The Mayans were partially right when they predicted something drastic would happen at the end of 2012. Yet even if the mystery of the world…
In 2008, the Department of Commerce urged Congress to expand the statutory royalty scheme for digital music streaming to include terrestrial radio transmissions, arguing that…
2013 will be a defining year for many artists, record labels, and the recording industry as a whole. With the clause in the 1978 Copyright…