In Hollywood, they call him Dr. Evil. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, his company has stolen over half a billion dollars from copyright…
Grooveshark has been in the news lately. Many of the major music companies have filed suit. Proceedings against Grooveshark started in November 2011, with Universal…
2011 was a year of hit records, powerful female artists, the discovery of electronic dance music within the US, and more genre crossovers into the…
Music is a complex commodity bundled with many rights. As intellectual property, it requires licenses to transact legally. But in today’s marketplace, clearances from owners…
Boosting the music business in the Internet age has proven to be a tough proposition. Online copyright infringement still has the edge over legitimate music.…
The crisis in the recording music industry has diminished the breadth and diversity of record label catalogs at a time when there are more artists…
Aedhmar Hynes is a world leader in new media communications. As CEO of Text 100, she has won numerous prizes, and most recently the World…
Music publishers have long played an integral role in the careers of songwriters. Regardless of whether or not a songwriter is a developing talent or…
The purpose of this article is to suggest some reasons for the failings of social media, as well as to offer suggestions for its better…
Google announced a new addition to its roster of digital offerings, Google Music. This long awaited service followed trials of its beta version (see MBJ,…
In the 1960s and 1970s, the consensus among major artists was to avoid corporate sponsors. The only true sponsor was an artist’s record label. Musicians…
Music is inseparable from its time in history and watershed events often leave their own legacy. Revolutionary fervor produced “The Liberty Song”, “The Battle Hymn…
EMI, the British company, has been a driving force in the music industry since 1887, when Emile Berliner invented the Gramophone. Since then, EMI has…