Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music

The United States and Canada are two of the 174 member countries in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Arts. This international, long-standing copyright policy...

New investment opportunities are arising in the contemporary marketplace for music fans and investors. Enabled by the positive market turnaround streaming has brought upon the industry,...

As physical record sales have declined and streaming has become more popular than ever before, we are seeing a big spike in the live music industry. More specifically, we have seen a large...

An Introduction to the Berne Convention

by Alissa Musto 1

Investing in Individuality

by Ashley Cook 2

The Significance of Radius Clauses

by Jeff Apruzzses 3

by Alexander Stewart

SoundCloud’s Uncertainty

Berlin-based streaming service SoundCloud has enabled its users to upload, record, promote, and share their original content online since it was founded by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss in 2007. With a valuation that at one point was expected to surpass $1 billion, SoundCloud was an...

by Lesley Evita Lin and Alexander Stewart and Ashley Cook

China and the Monopoly of Music Streaming

Despite the immense size of China’s music streaming market, Chinese recorded music revenues are minimal. The country made the Top 20 in the IFPI’s ranking for global recorded music revenue for the first time in 2014, just below Switzerland. These low incomes are due to many factors including...

by Will Lenart