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Illegal Downloading, Illegal Streaming: Really, What's the Difference?
Hollywood is finally bringing its big guns to Capitol Hill; the studios are freaking out! Just today, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, a measure that would treat illegal streaming sites the same as illegal download sites (and P2Ps). Both would be subject to felony charges, instead of misdemeanors currently given to ...
Exclusive: Jim Griffin, WIPO Spearheading an 'International Music Registry'...
If there's one question this industry can't reliably answer, it's 'who owns what?' And a close second, 'how do you locate these owners?' Some songs are easy, but others have complicated ownership structures and splits that traverse recordings and publishing, or cross international borders. And, it can be incredibly complicated to contact, license, or pay the ...
Time Warner's CEO: "Let's Cheer Up. This is Not the Music Business..."
In case you were wondering, 'poster child' is officially stamped onto the forehead of the music industry. So much so that other declining industries make themselves feel better by comparing themselves to music. “Let's cheer up," Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes told fellow executives at the NCTA Cable Show this week (as quoted by GigaOm). “This ...
Why Messy Rights = Lost Deals...
If only it were about the music, and the music alone! But when it comes to licensing songs and striking deals, music supervisors, publishers, and managers keep telling us the same thing. That is, if artists have complicated rights situations, they can easily lose opportunities to the next band or songwriter. “I shy away from [slotting] ...
Another Death at Bonnaroo. if It's Drugs, It's Trouble...
Death happens, every day. So why should festivals be different? Well, as the news of a second death at Bonnaroo emerges, there's now a giant 'what's next?' to consider. Maybe this blows over. Or maybe, because of drug-related reasons, it doesn't. Maybe you think Bonnaroo is untouchable. But this is America,a society that remains staunchly committed ...
If Only Winning Wasn't so Complicated...
Maybe we've been trained to think in winner-takes-all terms. But as the music industry starts to mature, everyone seems to be waiting for that big victor—that torch-carrying format or experience that trumps everything else; that company that out-and-out obliterates the competition. We want a winner! But maybe it's not that simple. In radio, for example, the ...
Music Services Agree! Freemium Just Doesn't Pay...
Freemium has the Chris Anderson stamp of approval. But in the real world, music companies are realizing that freemium is too expensive and unsustainable, at least without serious constraints. It doesn't make economic sense, and worse, it feeds a consumer addiction to free—instead of whetting the appetite for premium. This has become obvious, and the examples ...
File-Sharing is Still Surging. then Again, so is Everything Else...
Maybe the boom-boom days of file-sharing increases are over, but swapping volumes are still gaining in the double-digits. Then again, so is everything else, including on-demand video and audio, illegal locker sharing, and for that matter, mobile media consumption. In fact, on-demand video is now beating file-sharing growth volumes, according to Cisco's just-published Visual Networking Index ...
It Just Got 10 Times Easier to Ticket at the Door...
There's always the wobbly table and bingo-style tickets. But bands have more options than ever for doing serious ticketing at the door—and capturing fan data. That includes everything from the Square mobile credit card reader to Topspin, though Eventbrite really wants to change this game. The company is now preparing to release 'At the Door,' a ...
C'mon: Is Soundscan Really Undercounting the Little Guy?
One thing's clear: Nielsen Soundscan doesn't count every last album sale. That would be impossible. But are they somehow missing this vast number of unsigned and indie albums (and singles), and grossly skewing our picture of who's really winning? That's been a longtime argument from two of the front-running digital distributors, Tunecore and CD Baby. In ...
