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Oculus and Unreal Engine Announced as VRTL: Media Summit 2018 Sponsors

The second annual event at Paramount Studios on November 15 is featuring leaders in Augmented Reality, AI, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Esports. LOS ANGELES, November 1,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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”...

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...