Not only is the profession of photography a dying one, but the monetary value placed on photos is lost as well. This isn’t just because of the volume of photos, but because fewer people respect anything resembling copyright or ownership of photos.
Source: A Photo Used To Be Worth A Thousand Words, But Thanks To Social Media Photos Have Lost Their Value
Spotify certainly looks like the big dog on the streaming block, and perhaps it really is, but some on Wall Street are beginning to think that the company is not all that its stock is cracked up to be.
Spotify has announced that, for the first time, record companies (and other industry players) will soon be able to pay to have their artists promoted to targeted fans within the Spotify ecosystem via a ‘Brand New Music For You’ pop-up visual ad.If that sounds a lot like the way labels and artists currently shell out to get in front of fans in sponsored posts on Facebook and Instagram, that’s because… it is.
On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that on its face appears to have absolutely nothing to do with movies, television shows, and music. Wrong. In fact, the decision may have quite an impact in the entertainment sector. It could even shake an ongoing profit dispute over one of the longest-running shows on television.
Source: How a Dispute About Energy Drinks May Disrupt Legal Fights in Entertainment
Spanish regulator the National Commission of Markets and Competition (NCMC) has launched a competition probe of the big Hollywood studios and other companies. The regulator in a statement said it was investigating 14 companies “for possible restrictive practices of competition in the film distribution market.”
Source: Spanish Regulator Launches Competition Probe of Hollywood Studios
It’s been roughly five years since the expiration of sanctions placed on five major publishers by the U.S. Department of Justice for conspiring to fix e-book prices. And as 2019 draws down, American antitrust regulators—encouraged by U.S. publishers—now have a new target in their sights: the tech industry. But can America’s competition laws effectively address the growing power and dominance of a few firms in the sector? And what lessons can we take from the Apple e-books case?
Source: Frankfurt Book Fair 2019: What We Learned from the Apple E-books Case
The number of books self-published in the U.S.in 2018 jumped 40% over 2017, according to Bowker’s annual survey of the self-publishing market. More than 1.6 million books were self-published last year, nup from 1.19 million in 2017.
On Waterfall, the artist makes 85% of the monthly subscription fee, which is set by the artist. Musicians can make their catalog of music, demos and more available to your fans and collect the streaming revenue.
Source: Musicians Can Launch Their Own Paid Streaming Service with Waterfall
The marketplace for publishers to trade rights globally, IPR License, has continued to expand its global permissions network by announcing that it has signed up all the publishers of Germany’s Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
Source: IPR License Signs All of Holtzbrinck’s Publishing Divisions – Publishing Perspectives
As television’s center of gravity begins to pivot decisively to made-for-streaming product, the lack of residuals for such programming becomes more and more urgent for musicians. “This is an extinction-level event,” says Marc Sazer, long active in AFM Local 47 and the RMA, which is a related organization. “Our ability to make a sustainable living is facing extinction.”
Source: “This Is an Extinction-Level Event”: Musicians Fear for Livelihood Without Streaming Residuals