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Announcing Copyright and Technology 2021 Conference
I’m thrilled to announce that the Copyright and Technology Conference is back. We’re going to be virtual this year; the dates are September 22 and 23. Once again, I am proud to be co-producing the conference with the Copyright Society of the USA, which has been very successful with virtual events during the course of […]
Book 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 at Warner Music Group, and fellow adjunct faculty in NYU’s Music Business program — on a book about the history […]
Podcasting’s Copyright Growing Pains
Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a review of a new podcast by Keegan-Michael Key, of the comedy duo Key & Peele, called “The History of Sketch Comedy.” It features Key discoursing on the history of a medium that dates back to the ancient Sumerians and performing bits from classic sketches himself. Being […]
What’s a Major Record Label Doing in Podcasting?
Sony Music announced last week that it is taking an ownership stake in Neon Hum, an LA-based podcast production company that currently produces 15 podcasts and partners with the likes of Spotify, Stitcher, Luminary, and the Los Angeles Times. This isn’t Sony Music’s first foray into podcasting: it formed a joint venture with two veteran […]
Copyright and Technology 2020 Conference: Agenda and Call for Speakers
The agenda for the next Copyright and Technology conference is published. Registration is live, and earlybird discounts will apply through December 15. The conference will take place at Fordham Law School in Manhattan on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Once again, I am thrilled to be partnering with the Copyright Society of the USA and the […]
CJEU’s Advocate General Finds No Resale Right for Digital Files
The European Union’s highest court is likely to rule that, as with ReDigi in the U.S., it’s not legal to resell digital content files without the copyright owner’s permission.
Announcing Copyright and Technology 2020 Conference
I’m pleased to announce that the date and venue have been set for Copyright and Technology 2020. The date for our eleventh conference is Wednesday, January 15, 2020, and we will be back at Fordham Law School. Once again, I’m co-producing the event with the Copyright Society of the USA, and the Fordham IP Institute is sponsoring. As […]
Blockchain 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, working with the music recognition service BMAT and the Finnish music collecting society Teosto. The application is payment of performance royalties to composers for radio airplay, […]
Cengage Learning Brings Subscriptions to Higher Ed Publishing
Cengage Learning, one of the major textbook publishers, announced last month that it has accumulated a million subscribers to the subscription college text content service, Cengage Unlimited, that it launched for the Fall 2018 semester. Students can subscribe for $120 per semester or $180 per year, with print textbook rentals available for a flat $7.99 […]
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 in case citations crept in during production, so I thought I’d put the corrections on record here: p. 18: the citation should be […]
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