Apple revolutionized the music industry with the launch of the iPod and iTunes in 2003, when it became the first company to monetize music successfully…
In the last four months three new streaming platforms were launched: Apple Music, Tidal, and Google Play Music. Others, among them YouTube, Deezer, and Rdio,…
Prior to 1972, no federal copyright protection existed for sound recordings. Congress rectified that situation by extending copyright to any recordings that were fixed on…
Over 32 million people in the US attend at least one music festival a year and more often than not travel 600 miles on average…
Of the issues that have bedeviled the music industry, perhaps the most insidious has been that of transparency, or, more accurately, a lack thereof. In…
Before celebrity hip-hop mogul and businessman Jay Z came along, WiMP and Tidal hardly made an impact on music streaming. The two services are now…
With recorded music sales in free fall and touring being a very expensive gamble to try to end up in the black, it has never…
Two exclusive rights of copyright are at the heart of the worldwide business of music. They involve musical compositions and sound recordings, the rights of…
In recent years, the evolution of wearable technology has resulted in an explosion of opportunities in the digital space. Wearable devices such as Google Glass,…
It’s been rumored for quite some time that Google is working on an on-demand music streaming service to be run through their video streaming service…
On February 5, 2015, the US Copyright Office released a comprehensive set of recommendations on how to revise copyright law called “Copyright and the Music…
Records and live performances define the state of the music market. 2014 was special for two things: a consumer preference for accessing a recording with…
A&R executives are being forced to change their game. This is in part because streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube are fragmenting the music…
Jay-Z has just launched a successful bid of $56 million to acquire Aspiro, a Swedish streaming company belonging to the larger Norwegian media conglomerate Schibsted.…