The copyright troll making millions
It’s been called genius trolling by some and exceptionally vapid by others. Richard Prince has pushed the boundaries of copyright infringement since the 1970s and managed to turn appropriating content...
View ArticleWhat does the EC’s Digital Single Market Strategy really mean?
It is, I admit, one of my biggest pet peeves. I’m scrolling through my Facebook feed and someone posts a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Let me be clear: I love that freaking show. More4...
View ArticleYouTube’s Content ID versus “The Flesh Finder”
My first dotcom job (back when it was called “dotcom”) was working for a website hosting company in the mid 90s. The company offered free website hosting to members and provided site building tools for...
View ArticleAudio streaming just overtook video, and that’s great news for artists
Six months ago, YouTube seemed unstoppable. Streams of music videos on its platform trumped that of most streaming services combined, much to the dismay of artists and rightsholders who received paltry...
View ArticleSophie Goossens: “The Continent and the UK follow two different legal...
Sophie Goossens is an information technology, intellectual property and commercial lawyer, and Attorney-At-Law at August Debouzy. She is also as a regular speaker and guest at our Music 4.5 seminars....
View ArticleMIDiA Research: The State of the YouTube Economy
As we gear up for our companion Music 4.5 seminars on licensing and the value gap in London and New York, we’re constantly on the lookout for the latest and best research and analysis around the issues...
View ArticleWhat are the politics of music licensing in post-Brexit Britain?
Since Brexit, the United Kingdom has been playing a waiting game. Politicians and journalists remind us daily of the limbo we inhabit whilst waiting for the elusive Article 50 to be invoked. But the...
View ArticleSONA sues the DoJ
Acronyms – I suppose – can often lessen an otherwise impactful sentence. Case in point: “SONA dues the US DoJ.” Most know that the latter is the United States Department of Justice, but SONA? SONA is...
View Article“Can YouTube be embarrassed?”
Music 4.5: The Politics of Licensing was full of insight and expertise on the complex licensing landscape. This is the first of our blog posts about the day’s discussions – next we will look at “the...
View ArticleThe platform wars: subscription, ad-funded, user-uploaded or curated?
When we look at the “value gap” between YouTube’s revenues and the royalties it pays to rightsholders, the solution often presented is to legislate for a level-playing field between the different...
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