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Tag Archives: licensing
Is it time to re-brand the way we monetise music?
It’s not just the UK economy that shrunk during 2010, the music industry also faces revenue losses. According to the IFPI Digital Music Report 2011 the global recorded music trade revenues fell by an estimated eight to nine percent last … Continue reading
What the music industry should do about copyright
By Charlotta Hedman Copyright is confusing. Is it working, isn’t it working and if it isn’t working, what should be done about it? We decided that the best way to make some sense of this complicated and often vicious debate … Continue reading
Pissed off Welsh songwriters want to collect their own royalties
By Charlotta Hedman Songwriters in Wales might take the plunge and start their own collection society. According to the BBC songwriters in Wales have been paid less for each minute of material played on Radio Cymru. Since the radio station … Continue reading
Music 4.5 goes practical: Gregor Pryor on licensing
According to Gregory Pryor of Reed Smith the future isn’t bleak, but the internet wasn’t just a fad and we all need to remember that. And for those looking at licensing music there are challenges. The winners amongst the digital … Continue reading
The great copyright myth
By Charlotta Hedman At the moment the music industry seems to be holding onto copyright like it was the one magical charm that could prevent the financial gates of hell from opening. It is what all the fuss is about … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, fashion, johanna blakley, licensing, music industry, ted talks
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Will indie save the music industry?
By Charlotta Hedman If the music industry was the main character in a movie, now is the time when the underdog would stand up, shake off his or her rags and take centre stage with a daring plan. That’s probably … Continue reading
What the music industry can learn from the open source movement
By Charlotta Hedman ”The music industry is fighting the internet”, says one open source enthusiast I’ve been talking to. “But no one can fight the internet and expect to win”. If music execs think they have a problem on their … Continue reading
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Tagged henrik ingo, jill sobule, licensing, linux, mark baker, music industry, mysql, open source, piracy, red hat, stewart townsend, sun microsystems
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Licensing: The Catch-22 for music start-ups
By Charlotta Hedman It’s not easy setting up your own business. You might have a great idea, but to make it work you usually need to spend quite a lot of money. And if you’re a music start-up the situation … Continue reading
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Tagged clive gardiner, gregor pryor, licensing, music industry, start-ups, we7
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Music Sweden: From Pirates to the Vikings of streaming
By Charlotta Hedman The Swedes haven’t made it easy for the international music industry. First came the Pirate Bay, then an actual Pirate Party. But not only have the Swedes managed to shake things up on the more shady side … Continue reading
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Tagged licensing, musiclink, pirate bay, Spotify, streaming, sweden
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Music news from the blogosphere
ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) wants to stop Creative Commons. IFPI wants google to remove links to the The Pirate Bay. The Guardian blogger Helienne Lindvall on why aspiring artists shouldn’t write off the record labels. … Continue reading