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The artist’s 2006 piece ‘Warning Sign’ has been reimagined as a non-fungible token (NFT) – a unique digital certificate. The holder will also own a 5% equity stake in the original piece. Media company Gloss – which owns both pieces – said the stake will “solidify” its value and drive “seismic” change in the digital Read More …
Nonfungible token digital arts may be the latest crypto craze, but the real-deal mass-market use case for the technology is far from the auction houses. Software licensing and authentication seems like one of the areas where NFTs will shine, given enough time, with the bonus of possible interoperability. Corporations and individuals alike could shop for licensed Read More …
WarnerMedia and Discovery will be under pressure to divest some assets, especially outside the U.S., to secure approval for the $43 billion spinoff pact with AT&T that will bring WarnerMedia and Discovery together. AT&T’s eagerness to move on from its swan dive into the entertainment arena could make the company a willing seller of discrete Read More …
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is arguably a metaphor for the dangers of the industrial revolution; a hideous monster brought to life by human tampering with, and mastery of, nature. But in our digital age – which some have dubbed the fourth industrial revolution – what is there left to be tampered with? And what dreadful powers could Read More …
Record companies, both majors and indies, are up in arms over suggestions from a British politician that signed artists should see a portion of their UK streaming royalties bypass the label system entirely, and be paid to performers directly via a collection society. Source: Record labels really, really don’t like a new Bill that could Read More …