Libraries could face irrelevance in the world of e-books. One way to avoid this fate is for publishers to treat libraries as if they were radio stations.

A summary of my personal highlights from the conference, with an invitation to post your own, if you attended.

The European Court of Justice, in overturning a Belgian court decision of 2007, says that the requirement of ISP-level copyright filtering goes too far.

A music startup operating in a legal gray area gets a predictable wrist-slap from the major labels.

We have enlisted an impressive roster of speakers for the Copyright and Technology 2011 conference, which will take place in just three weeks (November 30) here in NYC.  In the past few weeks, we have added executives from Universal Pictures, Fox, Verimatrix, NDS, and Getty Images, as well as several notable legal experts. I will […]

Irdeto doubles down on its bet that pay TV operators will pay more for better content protection.

At the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, discussions of copyright arcana, including the rising importance of global music rights registries.

(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 […]

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 moderators.   Please contact me if you are interested. I am also […]

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 […]