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SoundExchange Sues Music Choice For Royalty Underpayment

Hypebot reports: "SoundExchange today filed a lawsuit against cable music platform Music Choice over underpaid royalties. The action comes after an audit of Music...

Introducing the RightsTech Project

Dear Readers, I am pleased to announce the launch of the RightsTech Project, a platform to chronicle, discuss, and advance efforts around innovation in rights...

In the Age of Coronavirus, How Do We Value Film Libraries?

Variety reports: "How to value a film library is a major question in the COVID-19 era as cinemas and streamers turn to older titles...

Kicking Off Phase II of the RightsTech Project

The rights-tech ecosystem is evolving continuously, and now, the RightsTech Project is evolving with it. Starting this month, the experiment that began with this website...

Welcome to the RightsTech Revolution

Concurrent Media Strategies, LLC, publisher of the Concurrent Media blog, and Digital Media Wire, Inc., producers of Digital Entertainment World and the New York...

Jaxsta Aims to Bring Back Liner Notes, and Create an IMDB...

Variety reports: "An IMDB for music, crossed with LinkedIn: That’s basically the elevator pitch for Jaxsta, a Sydney, Australia-based tech company that aims to...

SoundExchange Crosses $7B In Royalty Distributions

Billboard reports: "As the music industry reels from lost touring income, SoundExchange has some positive news on the streaming front today (April 9)." Read more

China’s New Internet Censorship Rules Outline Direction For Content

Variety reports: "Chinese authorities have approved a new set of comprehensive regulations that expand the scope of online censorship, emphasize the war against “negative”...

Licensed to Stream? Clearing Rights Can Be Tricky In the ‘Wild...

Billboard reports: "With venues closed, more artists are turning to livestream performances — some without the proper licenses. "There's probably a lot of infringement...

Why the Internet’s Most Important Law Exists and How People are...

The Verge reports: "Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is one of the internet’s most important and most misunderstood laws. It’s intended to protect...