Category Music
The Future of Music: From Blanket Licensing to Registries
At the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, discussions of copyright arcana, including the rising importance of global music rights registries.
C&T 2011 Conference: Registration Now Open
(Re-running this for those who may have missed it over the Jewish New Year last week.) Online registration for the Copyright and Technology 2011 conference, November 30 in New York, is now open! Take a look at the program and you’ll see that we have most of the panels filled out – though a few opportunities remain, particularly for […]
Facebook: Making the World Safe for Music Subscription Services
Facebook’s announcement of the integration of several music services at its f8 conference last week attracted a lot of hype and even more breathless press coverage. But what exactly will it do for these services? A lot. A huge amount. In fact, this could be a tipping point in favor of subscription services against the […]
iTunes Match Goes Beta, and It Downloads
An amnesty program for small-scale music copyright infringers, and a way for Apple to restore some iTunes platform lock-in.
Mixed Verdict for EMI against MP3tunes.com
An online music service that seems to be designed expressly to test the boundaries of copyright law.
How High Will Spotify’s Paid Subscribership Go?
Spotify is off to a good start in the US market, with 12.5% paying subscribership.
Do Paid Music Subscriptions Indicate a Tipping Point?
A few tiny signs of positive momentum for music.
iCloud Cuckoo Land
Apple’s iTunes Match offers amnesty for users with unauthorized music files. But how?
Music Forecast: Even Cloudier
Will the major record companies sue Google and Amazon over unlicensed music services? What exactly are the features that they could complain about?
Music Forecast: Cloudy
Cloud sync of music across a user’s devices requires a license from record companies… or does it?
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