Friday, November 12, 2010

What are the dangers and benefits of government intervention in copyright and licensing?

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Should we be concerned by the news that BT and Talk Talk have been granted a full judicial review of the Digital Economy Act? This review i...
Friday, September 10, 2010

"The music industry as a standalone industry is a dead duck. It will always be an interesting part of a multimedia future, but that is where it’s going"

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As Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark break a hiatus of 14 years with the release of their 11th album ‘History Of Modern’, RotD asks frontma...

American anti-piracy law is certainly pretty useless. Will the new UK legislation offer a better deal for rights holders?

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26 August 2010 - The RIAA has over the last 10-15 years acted in ways which have often left it appearing anti-consumer, stuck in the past an...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Music licensing is a mess. What are we going to do about it?

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Music licensing continues to be a subject creating much heated discussion and debate.We recently complained that some rights holders are cli...
Friday, August 06, 2010

enough about the cloud - where are the cheap, attractive music services for the mass market?

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It’s been a busy week for cloud-based music services, with a number of big brands entering the ring. In the UK, Carphone Warehouse launched ...
Friday, July 16, 2010

David Balfour questions PRS for Music's paper suggesting aproaches for tackling piracy

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This week PRS for Music’s chief economist Will Page released a co-authored paper suggesting some approaches for tackling online piracy which...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Google talk music at BPI AGM

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This year’s BPI AGM was remarkable for an enlightening and challenging keynote speech from Google’s president of global sales operations and...

Google scores landmark court victory over Viacom

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Large corporations can now show blatant disrespect for copyright and get away with it. That seems to be the message coming from the Southern...
Monday, June 14, 2010

10% fewer teenagers in the UK by 2017? What will that mean for A&R decisions?

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Should the music industry be worried by 2017 that we’ll have experienced a near 10% drop in the number of British teenagers? It’s long been ...
Friday, June 11, 2010

live is not the saviour of musicians

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Imogen Heap is a rare artist who finds herself almost universally respected within the industry. Now that she’s picked up an Ivor for Intern...

Why DO performers get paid so much less than writers? Plain talking at the PPL AGM

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PPL chairman and CEO Fran Nevrkla’s is one of very few people who can claim to speak on behalf of the entire UK recorded music industry, ...