The first thing that jumps out at you is that “small claims court” really isn’t a court at all. If it was truly to be a court, like all other small claims courts, it would have to be housed within the Judicial Branch of the United States Government. But that is not what is being proposed.
Source: The Copyright Small Claims Court: If You Build It, Will They Come? – Office of Copyright
Gracenote supplies reference information for more than 12 million movies and TV episodes, as well as 200 million music tracks, to customers including Apple, Comcast, DirecTV, Sony, Amazon, Ford, Toyota, BMW and Tesla.
Source: Nielsen to Buy Tribune Media’s Gracenote Metadata Unit for $560 Million | Variety
ASCAP members will now have access to more radio airplay data from the U.S.; metadata and unique codes for sound recordings; and a new set of reporting capabilities that will be developed by the PRO’s new Digital Product and Data team based on Nielsen’s measurements and data.
Source: ASCAP Partners With Nielsen to Share Strategic Data | Billboard
The first-ever Smart Contracts Symposium brought some of the world’s foremost blockchain experts together in one room to demystify the technology and discuss all of the ways smart contracts will change the way we work.
There have been no shortage of fraudulent art deals this year, including a recent case in Austria where a criminal gang attempted to sell works by Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet valued at €72 million ($79.6 million) using forged certificates.
Source: The Tech behind Bitcoin Could Help Artists and Protect Collectors. So Why Won’t They Use It?
Digital rights expression through the dotBC format would facilitate every remix, mashup, medley, cover, and remake to reference back to its owners, thereby aiding unprecedented commercial growth in these sectors.
For the first time, the deal expressly affirms the percentage share of radio performances represented by ASCAP – at a level that reflects that ASCAP says licenses more performances on broadcast radio than any other performing rights organization.
Source: ASCAP inks five-year deal with RMLC – including improved royalty rate – Music Business Worldwide
A single database for the commons would ease the discovery of works, and provide a shared infrastructure to benefit all participants in the CC ecosystem. The idea of building a shared index of Creative Commons works dovetails with rapidly developing blockchain technology, first popularized by Bitcoin.
Source: Please Share, With Gratitude
Since the end of its crowdfunding campaign, the Decent development team is now moving forward towards the first stage of its development Roadmap, the launch of the main network or DECENT-Core which is scheduled for Q1 – Q2 of 2017.