The Copyright Royalty Board has set a cost of living adjustment to the rates paid to master recording copyright holders for 2018, with the rate increasing on basis point each to $0.0018 for ad-supported, non-subscription music streaming services; and $0.0023 per performance for paid subscription services.
Source: Music Streaming Royalty Rates Going Up Slightly in 2018
Blockchain technology can provide a win-win-win between the fight against censorship, verified traceability of digital artworks, and a fair remuneration for its creators. The copyright reform debate is a good opportunity to embed blockchain and create a better regulatory framework, argues Brando Benifei.
For many music startups, the ‘exit’ is either shutting down when nobody wants their product or service, or an ‘acquihire’ of their team. Might there be bigger and better exits ahead? A panel at the Slush Music conference in Helsinki this morning considered how music startups could be ‘building to get bought’.
On Tuesday, the company announced it would sell the first batch of Props—between $13 million and $19 million worth—on Nov. 29 through CoinList, which works only with accredited investors, and handles screening for compliance with money-laundering rules.
Source: Video Startup Can’t Outspend YouTube, So It Created a New Currency to Pay Creators
In a reply brief in September, the Justice Department explained that it’s not really seeking to prohibit BMI from offering fractional licenses in all contexts. That’s because in the government’s restated view, songs in BMI’s repertory that fall under the consent decree are limited to those for which BMI has the right to grant full-work licenses.
Source: The Justice Department Quietly Backs Away From a Hard Line on Music Licensing
A TickBox device, which connects to a TV, directs people to load software add-ons that allow users to search for movies and television programs online and watch them without paying. The add-ons scrape video content from websites to stream video, including live TV and sports, from the internet without authorization.
Source: Online piracy device heightens anxiety in Hollywood and Silicon Valley
Booksellers applaud the decision to exclude sales of ebooks and copyrighted material from the EU’s proposed legislation to curb geo-blocking.
Source: European Booksellers Cheer Talks Moving Ebooks Out of Geo-Blocking
Look at the technology that’s worked for the industry – piano rolls, vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs, MP3s, streaming music – they all make consumption more convenient! Can someone describe to me how that works with a blockchain-based format?
Source: Contrary To Predictions, Blockchain May Not Be The Future Of The Music Industry [Bobby Owsinski]
The core of the network enables users worldwide with un-utilized PC bandwidth and resources to cache and relay video streams to others in the network and in turn mine Theta tokens, similar to Bitcoin and Ethereum.
As this new breed of creative robot continues to develop, there are significant legal issues to consider. Can an AI’s creation be protected by copyright and patents? Likewise, is an AI capable of infringing on someone else’s IP rights?