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Category: Music Law

Posted on10/23/202310/22/2023

Interview with Donald S. Passman on his 11th Edition of “All You Need To Know About The Music Business”: A discussion on AI, TikTok, and more

In this interview with Donald S. Passman, we discuss his 11th edition of “All You Need to Know About the Music Business”. Read below as…

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Posted on09/28/202310/22/2023

Impersonation is the Highest Form of Flattery, or is it? The Danger of AI Generated Music

From AI generated essays to art, this technological revolution has and will continue to create many legal issues for its engineers and affected creatives alike.…

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Posted on11/14/202204/13/2023

Substantial Similarity: Is a Consensus Really Necessary?

Recent news has been overtaken with song theft cases, from claims that Dua Lipa stole “Levitating” to Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” getting called out…

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Posted on10/23/202210/25/2022

Expanding The Mechanical Licensing Collective: A Comprehensive Blockchain Solution to Royalty Data

The inefficient structure of the music industry denies creatives the royalties they are owed. A comprehensive global database would contribute significantly to solving this, but…

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Posted on04/04/202204/20/2022

Catalog Acquisitions: How Recent Industry Trends Are Bringing Older Music Back into the Spotlight

Song catalogs have become a purchase of high significance over the last few years in the music industry. With the recent increase in popularity of…

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Posted on03/02/202203/02/2022

The Music Industry (Taylor’s Version): How Taylor Swift Is Impacting the Music Industry With Her Unprecedented Re-Recordings

Taylor Swift is a household name that has been making headlines and breaking records in the music industry for over fifteen years. As an artist,…

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Posted on02/13/202102/13/2021

Copyright: A New Approach to Artist Financing in the African Music Industry

By: Ubani Obinna INTRODUCTION In 2019, former Universal Music executives Mattias Tengblad and Emil Angervall co-founded a brand called ‘Corite’ which provided a platform for…

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Posted on11/15/201801/11/2019

Mobile Music Streaming in China: A Vibrant Industry in a Challenging Market

“The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed” –William Gibson, science fiction author At this writing, Tencent Music Entertainment is planning an initial…

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Posted on11/15/2018

Music Modernization Act: The Uphill Battle Towards Fair Compensation

Music Business moguls are well acquainted with the terms “mechanical licensing,” “performance rights organization,” and “notice of intention;” however, while most players in the music…

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Posted on08/07/201708/09/2017

A Paul McCartney / Sony-ATV Brief

On January 18, 2017, Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against Sony/ATV Music Publishing (SATV).…

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Posted on12/20/201612/20/2016

Songwriters vs. the DOJ

Federal law governs the licensing of music and songwriter collections. In particular, sound compositions that are broadcasted over the public airways or performed in commercial…

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Posted on12/20/201612/20/2016

YouTube’s Safe Harbor

Music industry pressure is mounting on YouTube. In June, a diverse group of 180+ major artists, including Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift, released a petition…

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Posted on08/17/201608/17/2016

Consent and Songwriters’ Rights

In June, the United States Department of Justice both denied a review of ASCAP and BMI’s consent decrees and extended the reach of the decrees…

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Posted on08/17/201608/17/2016

YouTube’s Value Gap

In the beginning of the XXth Century music consumption did not compare with today. Music publishers, for instance, were used to generate revenue mostly through…

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The Music Business Journal, published at Berklee College of Music, is a student publication that serves as a forum for intellectual discussion and research into the various aspects of the music business. The goal is to inform and educate aspiring music professionals, connect them with the industry, and raise the academic level and interest inside and outside the Berklee Community.
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