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Debate continues to rage about whether or not it’s time for Spotify and other services to increase this price point (something SPOT has already done in Brazil and parts of Scandinavia). But that infamous $9.99 monthly price point is now also becoming a fixture of another important – and fast-growing – segment of the modern music industry: th Source: Read More …
Like a recently-passed law in Germany, the Austrian bill would create a limited exception for clips running fewer than 15 seconds in length. Austria is a fairly small market, with a music business less than a tenth the size of Germany’s. But the passage of this law would mean that Germany is no longer a Read More …
Publishers with licensed tie-in programs are struggling to adapt to shifting release dates and delayed shipments. Production hiatuses, shuttered theaters, changing distribution strategies, and other complications combined to create an uncertain landscape for the studios and the tie-in business, which is characterized by long development times, strict release dates, and short sales windows. And while Read More …
Building upon its pioneering efforts to improve music credits – and eliminate unmatched royalties – at the label level, VEVA Sound has inked partnership agreements with the PPL, the MLC, and more as part of a broader creator-focused expansion. VEVA Collect functions as a one-stop collaboration and project-management platform, prioritizing the upfront onboarding of metadata Read More …
The second decade of what might be the world’s most flagrant fiasco in copyright may well open on January 31 and February 1. That’s when Pablo Rodriguez, minister of Canadian Heritage, will lead a two-day national summit of the nation’s arts, culture, and heritage sectors at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Source: Canada’s 10-Year Publishing Read More …