How do industry professionals view streaming rates?
There has been a lot of talk recently surrounding music streaming platforms and precisely how equitable they can be for artists. A couple of weeks ago David Touve published a blog article suggesting that Spotify could be more lucrative than iTunes, Grooveshark continue to be sued by Universal Music Group for uploading unlicensed content and Spotify announce that they have reached over 2.5 mill...
Proposed shake up of Pan-European music copyrights
The European Commission has proposed that cross-border copyright legislation shift to a model that spans across multiple European regions. It seems to be the general consensus that EC representatives have become particularly frustrated with the copyright process. However, this could pose problems for many of the smaller collection societies. The new legislation means that the fragmented lic...
We’re backing UK Music: Help cut live music red tape
UK Music is appealing to industry figures to help amend the 2003 Licensing Act in order to grant small capacity events exemption from acquiring entertainment licenses. Events with capacities under 5000 will no longer need to obtain licensing and therefore will facilitate and help support small and independent events. This is obviously great news for a whole range of demographics, particularly ...
Copyright law was/is the only obstacle. No, really
We wanted to draw your attention to this scathing article/review on the Ian Hargreaves' Digital Opportunity IPO report, the article was published on The Register website and written by Andrew Orlowski. Analysis Britain could have invented the iPod – if it wasn't for a copyright law that everyone ignores. So says the UK government in a remarkable economic justification of the so-called "Go...
MU fights for fair compensation in return for format shifting
In response to today’s government announcement of a consultation on a new exception to UK copyright law which would legalise the act of making a private copy of a CD, the MU has called for a fair compensation scheme to be introduced. John Smith, MU General Secretary said: “We are not opposed to the introduction of an exception for format shifting, as long as a system of fair compen...
