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RealNetworks Completes Sale of Napster to MelodyVR in $70.6m Deal
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Originally announced in August 2020, RealNetworks’ sale of US-based Spotify rival Napster to UK-based virtual reality music company MelodyVR is...
Charter Challenges Copyright Registrations of Music Recordings
Billboard reports: "Record giants scored a coup late last year when a Virginia jury not only held Cox Communications liable for copyright infringement but...
The Art Of Clearing A Sample: Is It Worth It?
Hypebot reports: "Sampling is an integral part of music, and while the perfect sample can really make a song, improper licensing of said sample...
SuperWorld teams with Props for selling NFT virtual real estate
VentureBeat reports: "SuperWorld is a the virtual world in augmented reality that allows users to buy and sell virtual real estate, using nonfungible tokens,...
Online Piracy Spikes Amid Coronavirus Lockdown: Study
Billboard reports: "Lockdown and stay-at-home orders due to the novel coronavirus have been a big boost for online pirates, with a new study showing...
Downtown Sells All Copyrights to Concord in $300 Million-Plus Deal, Will...
Variety reports: "In the latest blockbuster music-catalog deal, Downtown has sold its 145,000 owned and co-published copyrights to an affiliate of the Concord music...
Blockchain (The Company) Launches an Exchange (The Pit)
TechCrunch reports: "The company called Blockchain is mostly known for its cryptocurrency wallet. Today, the company is also launching an exchange so you can...
Charter CEO: Content Companies Starting to Recognize Threats of Piracy, Password...
Hollywood Reporter reports: "Cable operator Charter Communications, in which John Malone's Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, on Friday reported that it lost 75,000...
Why Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Represents a Big Piracy Risk Around the...
Variety reports: "Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Tenet” is charting a new course for blockbusters during the pandemic by opening in foreign territories before it...
Libra Scams Are Already Proliferating On Facebook
The Verge reports: "An investigation by The Washington Post has uncovered a dozen accounts, pages, and groups across Facebook and Instagram which misleadingly claim to be...
