Streaming, record label’s biggest source of revenue, is becoming predictable. Revenue consistently grows by double digit percentages from year to year: Spotify’s revenue was up 26.6% in the third quarter, while streaming at Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment …
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Ever since users’ videos on TikTok began driving what songs become hits, the music industry has been trying to reverse-engineer viral moments. That just got easier thanks to a new “Challenges” feature on the social media collaboration marketplace pearpop, where …
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This is a narrative of 2 tunes three tunes, one of them prompting an intellectual property battle that’s unusual but potentially significant insofar as it raises a legal question that rarely comes up: Who possesses the tune remix? This fascinating …
Wild Court Case Explores Two Global Pop Hits and a Key Question: Who Owns Remix? Read more »
In a market driven mostly by live events, several DJs have scrambled to find new sources of income because the pandemic driven them off the street almost one year ago. Livestream sets have offered a stopgap to get some, but …
Wixen Music Publishing is suing short-form video-sharing app Triller for $50 million alleging copyright infringement on more than 1,000 songs. Wixen claims that Triller has been “willfully infringing” its musical compositions by allowing its users to include them in videos …
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A U.S. magistrate judge has rebuked an effort by Kaskade to withhold information on concerts the DJ played in the wake of the closure of the KAOS nightclub is Las Vegas and ordered the performer to pay the hotel’s attorneys’ …
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At his home in Atlanta, Ben Hiott has never been busier. The 32-year-old is your co-founder of digital advertising agency Get Engaged, which specializes in influencer marketing. Ever since artists started canceling tours and press runs & ldquo;We’ve noticed a …