Article on Blockchain and Music
I have an article on blockchain technology in the music industry that has just been published in the American Bar Association’s Entertainment and Sports Lawyer journal Winter 2019 issue. A few errors...
View ArticleBlockchain Applications for Music Enter the Bowling Alley
An interesting experiment in the use of blockchain technology was announced last week at the MIDEM music conference in Cannes, France. It involves the Israeli music blockchain startup Revelator,...
View ArticleCJEU’s Advocate General Finds No Resale Right for Digital Files
Maciej Szpunar of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) rendered an opinion last week in a closely-watched case involving the sale of “used” e-books. Szpunar is one of the CJEU’s Advocates General,...
View ArticleConference Coming Up January 15; Program Changes
A reminder that our eleventh annual Copyright and Technology Conference is coming up on Wednesday, January 15 at Fordham Law School in NYC, sponsored by the good folks at the Fordham Intellectual...
View ArticleJournal Article on Blockchain and Music
I have an article in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, “The Future of Blockchain Technology and the Music Industry.” The article explains the basics of...
View ArticlePlugging Another Analog Hole in Music Royalties
While many areas of the music industry have digital infrastructure in place to facilitate royalty payments more or less accurately, a few analog corners remain. These are for music uses where royalties...
View ArticleSpotify Brings Music into Podcasts
(This is my first article in a while; I have been working on a larger-scale writing project over the past couple of months, about which I hope to be able to share more soon. I am also in discussions...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: The Saga of Royalties for Radio Play of Recorded Music
It’s been a while since I’ve written here. There’s a reason for that: I’ve been working on a book. I’m working with Howie Singer — digital music pioneer at AT&T, former head of technology strategy...
View ArticleCopyright and Technology 2022 Conference Panel Lineup
As I announced a couple of weeks ago, the Copyright and Technology Conference will be back at Fordham Law School in New York City on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. The conference will be hybrid, with...
View ArticleCopyright and Technology 2022 Conference: Panel Added
We are adding a fourth panel to the lineup at our upcoming conference on Tuesday September 13 at Fordham Law School in NYC, a panel on Standard Technical Measures for content identification. We’re...
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