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 Michael Kostaras

2016 in Review

New developments marked the US music business in 2016, There was welcome growth in recorded music sales driven by more streams and streaming services. Still, payments continued to be lost to Google’s YouTube, much to the chagrin of artists and the labels. In a first, there were more incentives...

by Gabriela Barnes

Cinematic Games and Music Licensing

Thought-through, grand, dramatic, and extensive compositions created from scratch to accompany the action of a video game seem to be the norm. Many of the most successful games, including Final Fantasy, The Elder Scrolls, Grand Theft Auto, and Silent Hill, have launched iconic soundtracks in...

by Ashley Cook