While there is no indication that Spotify is planning such a move – and there would certainly be a spirited debate among rightsholders if the company did go down the UGC route
Source: Could Sonalytics help Spotify build, not buy SoundCloud?
While there is no indication that Spotify is planning such a move – and there would certainly be a spirited debate among rightsholders if the company did go down the UGC route
Source: Could Sonalytics help Spotify build, not buy SoundCloud?
Layer3 TV, the Denver-based next-gen cable operator, is entering the world of TV Everywhere by allowing its customers to access authenticated apps and sites run by dozens of its programming partners.
Source: Layer3 TV Opens TV Everywhere Authentication | Multichannel
The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) published a Notice of Inquiry concerning a study to review current U.S. laws protecting moral rights of creators of original works—namely the rights of attribution and rights of integrity.
Over the coming days, a panel of three copyright judges in Washington DC will hear proposals from stakeholders regarding the mechanical royalties paid to songwriters and publishers over the next five years.
Source: Music Week
CD Baby announced to today that it is now representing more than 100,000 songwriters and 625,000 songs under its Publishing Administration service. The indie music services company is also expanding its publishing arm to 18 new countries.
Source: CD Baby Publishing Now Represents 100,000 Songwriters, Expanding To 18 More Countries – hypebot
In a hearing scheduled to begin Wednesday, songwriters and the organizations representing them will try to persuade three federal judges on the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington to adopt a new standard that could earn songwriters a higher rate from streaming.
Source: Songwriters Sing Blues Over Diminished Streaming Royalties – Bloomberg
The company has built patent-protected technology which claims to “identify individual songs, mixed content and short audio clips with unparalleled robustness and speed”.
Source: Spotify acquires UK startup Sonalytic to help improve publishing data – Music Business Worldwide
The rights-tech ecosystem is evolving continuously, and now, the RightsTech Project is evolving with it.
Starting this month, the experiment that began with this website and the annual RightsTech Summit will expand to become a year-round networking, education and service organization open to all members of the rights-tech community. By joining, members will become part of a unique, cross-industry network of creators, media rights owners, technology developers, investors, and entrepreneurs working to find innovative solutions to the challenges of managing and monetizing copyrights on digital platforms.
In addition to our e-news, website, and conferences, members will enjoy posting privileges to the RightsTech blog and online discussion forum, access to exclusive networking events, participation on our advisory board, and access to a wide range of business-to-business marketing services designed to help rights-tech entrepreneurs and developers reach more than 40,000 decision makers in the media, technology, and creative industries.
Members can also participate in cutting-edge thought-leadership and research initiatives aimed at educating policymakers, investors, and related industries about the evolving rights-tech ecosystem and its potential to unlock new sources of value for creators and rights owners.
“It’s no secret that digital technology has transformed how media content is created and distributed. But until recently, that technology has not really been brought to bear on how the content gets licensed and paid for,” said Paul Sweeting, principal analyst at Concurrent Media Strategies and co-founder of the Rights Tech Project. “We launched the first RightsTech Summit in 2016 to highlight some of the innovative efforts we saw emerging in a number of different media industries to bring the ‘business’ part of the media business up to speed with the ‘media’ part. Since then, interest in keeping the conversation going has only grown.”
Added Ned Sherman, RightsTech co-founder and chairman of Digital Media Wire “From the outset, the goal of the RightsTech Project has been to provide a community for news, analysis and opinion on emerging technologies and technology-enabled strategies for the management, authentication and monetization of creative rights across diverse media industries. By becoming a year-round networking, education, and service organization, we will be able to provide additional services and resources to innovators and thought leaders from across the full range of media sectors as they each grapple with the challenges of managing and monetizing copyrights on digital platforms.”
Three levels of membership means the RightsTech Project is open to enterprises of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Individual memberships are also available.
Click here for more information on membership and on how to join.
Several yet-to-launch start-ups, including Amsterdam-based GUTS and the UK’s Lava, are already using the technology to bolster the both the data-gathering and anti-touting capabilities of paperless tickets.
Source: 4 ways blockchain can disrupt the live industry | IQ Magazine
What is blockchain, what can we expect, and what are the most recent developments? We answer these questions in anticipation of c/o pop 2017.
Source: What have the music blockchain pioneers been up to recently? We found out. – c/o pop – Medium