Disney, LucasFilm, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. want the court to pause VidAngel's $1 movie rental service. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online MORE
The suit claims the service is harming competitors, customers and copyright owners. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online MORE
Grainy video, errors and buffering streams weren't what fans paid $99 to see, according to the lawsuit. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online MORE
Pandora and other webcasters will have to pay more for free streams, while webcasters with a paid offering (including Pandora) will get some relief. MORE
Adele’s decision to not stream her new CD “ 25 ” on services like Apple Music and Spotify has been the talk of the entertainment press pages – like this article from the New York Times. But, in fact, if you listen to an Internet radio service , like a Pandora, iHeart Radio, Accuradio, the streams of over-the-air radio stations, or any of the myriad of other “noninteractive services” that are available online, you will hear music from 25. MORE
In case you haven’t noticed, Billboard and The Official Charts have begun including streaming in measuring chart ranking. Now think about that for a minute–in a world where artists like Taylor Swift are windowing with great success how can you ever think that it’s a good idea to use streaming as a way of measuring success? In the USA it’s already started to happen, with the Billboard consumption chart, that combines album sales, streams, and track sales. MORE
What do you pay for when you pay for a subscription to an ad supported service like Spotify or Pandora? It stops being ad supported. So who benefits from that? Fans and artists who hate advertising. Artists who get a higher royalty rate. Who doesn’t benefit? Well, who do ya think? MORE
They claim the TVpad network streams Chinese programs in addition to content from HBO, BBC and CNN, all unauthorized. read more. THR Online THR, Esq. Television Dish Network Business MORE
Eriq Gardner Fight over mobile and tablet TV streaming heats up. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Tech Television Business MORE
We’ve seen stories recently about various successes for artists in negotiations with major labels about “transparency” in the payment of the artist’s share of streaming royalties received by record companies. But remember how the money flows for artists in the case of ad supported streaming services: Advertiser → Ad Network → Service → Label/Aggregator → Artist. Remember–most streaming royalties are a share of the service’s advertising revenue. MORE
Warner, Fox and Disney want an injunction against VidAngel, which sells films for $20 before buying them back for $19. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
The NAB has announced agreements with Sony and Warner Music Groups to waive certain of the statutory requirements for broadcasters who stream their over-the-air signals on the Internet. But those agreements expired at the end of 2015, giving rise to fears among some broadcasters that some standard broadcast programming could not be streamed on the Internet (see our article here about those concerns). MORE
Services such as Lala.com offer free streaming for many releases, from the most popular down to the fairly obscure. Instead, the industry should push Apple to incorporate streaming music into the program. "Hi, my name's Iggy, please purchase my music." MORE
A copyright lawsuit follows Roc Nation's insistence in probate court of having a license deal that allows for the exploitation of the late artist's catalog. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Tech Business THR Online MORE
The wrestler known as "Rene Dupree" leads an effort over money from the company's over-the-top network as well as Netflix. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
Thomas of Fasken Martineau discusses provider liability in the case of Canadian users who "jump the geofence" in order to watch streamed US content. Ariel A. Read more here MORE
Doesn’t Sen Warren know songwriters are the small businesses and middle class of the streaming world, not Spotify? via Elizabeth @SenWarren Sides With The Streaming Service Not Paying Songwriters Against Streaming Service That Does — The TrichordistKettle meet pot. MORE
“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free," says the RIAA. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online MORE
Sara Hickman on how the economics of streaming is hollowing out the “middle class musician” and devouring the music business from the ground up. via Guest Post by @sarahickman: Streaming Royalties Are Ending Opportunities for Working Musicians — Artist Rights Watch. irespectmusic campaign Austin Music Songwriter News Streaming Meltdown Sara Hickman streaming royalties MORE
and I wish I could say that his article in today’s New York Times “ In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions ” kept pace with his other work. How much do you think it costs to render an accounting statement for 1 billion streams? ANTHONY BOURDAIN. MORE
News from the Goolag Streaming Meltdown David CrosbyDavid Crosby was in this band called The Byrds which covered “Mr. Tambourine Man” aka Bob Dylan’s first #1 hit as a songwriter. Then he was in another band called Crosby Stills Nash & Young. He’s done a lot of other things, too, but I mention those two bands because each of those bands were inducted into the Rock Hall. MORE
and I wish I could say that his article in today’s New York Times “ In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions ” kept pace with his other work. How much do you think it costs to render an accounting statement for 1 billion streams? ANTHONY BOURDAIN. MORE
The Latin superstar alleges he's getting a small fraction of the 50 percent royalty rate he believes is dictated by contract. Expect more lawsuits on this front. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
The chart is based on The Trichordist’s “Streaming Price Bible” MORE
Companies that stream music are exploring the problems of making money, and keeping customers, musicians, and critics, happy. More here from the Guardian MORE
A judge is asked to stop the streaming giant from jumping the theatrical release of "Masterminds" and "The Disappointments Room" read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
The post Supreme Court to Stream First-Ever Webcast Tomorrow appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. The Supreme Court is notoriously camera shy, staunchly refusing to allow cameras in its courtroom when it is in session. Tomorrow, however, the court will break with that tradition. Sort of. The court is holding a special meeting tomorrow of the Supreme Court Bar to honor the memory of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. A special […]. MORE
Photographer Dana Lixenberg is claiming copyright infringement. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Business THR Online MORE
The company touted 30 million users for Eros Now. The judge rules it was never said they were "meaningful" users. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
In what is becoming a pattern, overall revenues are nearly flat, higher margin sales are significantly down and micro-margin streaming is significantly up. That is–could it be that streaming is eating digital download revenue? The headline number as reported by Billboard is that per stream rates are down 24%. billion streams — and for 2014 — of 164.5 Billboard did a service by identifying the per stream rate. MORE
Streaming services like Pandora and Spotify try to get artists to believe that their various artist data programs can have an affect on touring as in if you have activity in a particular location you’ll be able to tour there. MORE
In a default judgment, a California judge ruled against the companies behind the TVPad device. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
One of the biggest lies told by Spotify is that streaming will provide more revenue over the life of a record because every play will be monetized. via Spotify’s Big Lie, Streaming Habits Mirror Purchasing Habits — The Trichordist MORE
There are several myths about streaming, but none so prevalent as the “savior” trope, which streaming services are doing their best to splice into the DNA of the music business. How was this received at the dominant streaming platform? MORE
No, no, which streaming service do you think gets the award for “Most Insulting”? I think there are any number of artists and songwriters who could give the AMAs a master class in what it really means to be an artist or songwriter in a streaming world. MORE
Foreign streaming and non-permanent downloads are the subject of the guild's latest big legal move. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music THR Online Sony Music The Walt Disney Company Universal Music Group Warner Music Group MORE
Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments beginning today, it announced last week. ” Audio streaming begins today with oral arguments from the federal courthouse […] The post 9th Circuit Begins Live Audio Streaming Today appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. The 9th U.S. MORE
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A federal judge concludes that Wolfgang's Vault lacked requisite license to stream hundreds of iconic songs. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Tech Business THR Online MORE
A lawsuit put the spotlight on whether digital revenue was trickling down to recording artists like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood in an equitable manner. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
Disney is seeking an injunction to prevent Redbox from disassembling "combo packs" and selling movie download codes separately. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
Exclusives Spotify Spotify Meltdown artist rights Chris Castle Podcast Colaborator Streaming Exclusivevia @colaboratorpcn: Douglas Caballero interviews Chris Castle — Artist Rights Watch. MORE
Pandora and Spotify (among others) have made a big deal out of providing “data” and “analytics” about streaming uses to artists–and particularly managers–about how the artist is performing on their respective services. You know–the fan of the artist who most likely was driven to the service by the artist they are streaming. CNBC did a little fact checking on streaming data provided by iHeart Radio analyzing the recent Grammy nominees. MORE
"Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia’s bikini scene," states the opinion. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
Streaming Related Topics Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 5, 2018
News from the Goolag Streaming Meltdown David CrosbyDavid Crosby was in this band called The Byrds which covered “Mr. Tambourine Man” aka Bob Dylan’s first #1 hit as a songwriter. Then he was in another band called Crosby Stills Nash & Young. He’s done a lot of other things, too, but I mention those two bands because each of those bands were inducted into the Rock Hall.
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 3, 2018
The chart is based on The Trichordist’s “Streaming Price Bible”
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 10, 2018
A federal judge concludes that Wolfgang's Vault lacked requisite license to stream hundreds of iconic songs. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Tech Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 10, 2018
Sara Hickman on how the economics of streaming is hollowing out the “middle class musician” and devouring the music business from the ground up. via Guest Post by @sarahickman: Streaming Royalties Are Ending Opportunities for Working Musicians — Artist Rights Watch. irespectmusic campaign Austin Music Songwriter News Streaming Meltdown Sara Hickman streaming royalties
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 5, 2017
Exclusives Spotify Spotify Meltdown artist rights Chris Castle Podcast Colaborator Streaming Exclusivevia @colaboratorpcn: Douglas Caballero interviews Chris Castle — Artist Rights Watch.
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Pandora and Spotify (among others) have made a big deal out of providing “data” and “analytics” about streaming uses to artists–and particularly managers–about how the artist is performing on their respective services. You know–the fan of the artist who most likely was driven to the service by the artist they are streaming. CNBC did a little fact checking on streaming data provided by iHeart Radio analyzing the recent Grammy nominees.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 4, 2018
A lawsuit put the spotlight on whether digital revenue was trickling down to recording artists like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood in an equitable manner. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 24, 2017
"Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia’s bikini scene," states the opinion. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Pandora and other webcasters will have to pay more for free streams, while webcasters with a paid offering (including Pandora) will get some relief.
Media Law
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
The post Supreme Court to Stream First-Ever Webcast Tomorrow appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. The Supreme Court is notoriously camera shy, staunchly refusing to allow cameras in its courtroom when it is in session. Tomorrow, however, the court will break with that tradition. Sort of. The court is holding a special meeting tomorrow of the Supreme Court Bar to honor the memory of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. A special […].
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 25, 2018
One of the biggest lies told by Spotify is that streaming will provide more revenue over the life of a record because every play will be monetized. via Spotify’s Big Lie, Streaming Habits Mirror Purchasing Habits — The Trichordist
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2018
Disney is seeking an injunction to prevent Redbox from disassembling "combo packs" and selling movie download codes separately. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2017
The suit claims the service is harming competitors, customers and copyright owners. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 26, 2016
and I wish I could say that his article in today’s New York Times “ In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions ” kept pace with his other work. How much do you think it costs to render an accounting statement for 1 billion streams? ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The company touted 30 million users for Eros Now. The judge rules it was never said they were "meaningful" users. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
JULY 7, 2016
Doesn’t Sen Warren know songwriters are the small businesses and middle class of the streaming world, not Spotify? via Elizabeth @SenWarren Sides With The Streaming Service Not Paying Songwriters Against Streaming Service That Does — The TrichordistKettle meet pot.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free," says the RIAA. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
No, no, which streaming service do you think gets the award for “Most Insulting”? I think there are any number of artists and songwriters who could give the AMAs a master class in what it really means to be an artist or songwriter in a streaming world.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 10, 2016
Warner, Fox and Disney want an injunction against VidAngel, which sells films for $20 before buying them back for $19. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2015
Adele’s decision to not stream her new CD “ 25 ” on services like Apple Music and Spotify has been the talk of the entertainment press pages – like this article from the New York Times. But, in fact, if you listen to an Internet radio service , like a Pandora, iHeart Radio, Accuradio, the streams of over-the-air radio stations, or any of the myriad of other “noninteractive services” that are available online, you will hear music from 25.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 10, 2015
Foreign streaming and non-permanent downloads are the subject of the guild's latest big legal move. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music THR Online Sony Music The Walt Disney Company Universal Music Group Warner Music Group
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Streaming services like Pandora and Spotify try to get artists to believe that their various artist data programs can have an affect on touring as in if you have activity in a particular location you’ll be able to tour there.
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 23, 2016
In what is becoming a pattern, overall revenues are nearly flat, higher margin sales are significantly down and micro-margin streaming is significantly up. That is–could it be that streaming is eating digital download revenue? The headline number as reported by Billboard is that per stream rates are down 24%. billion streams — and for 2014 — of 164.5 Billboard did a service by identifying the per stream rate.
Broadcast Law Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2016
The NAB has announced agreements with Sony and Warner Music Groups to waive certain of the statutory requirements for broadcasters who stream their over-the-air signals on the Internet. But those agreements expired at the end of 2015, giving rise to fears among some broadcasters that some standard broadcast programming could not be streamed on the Internet (see our article here about those concerns).
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 7, 2016
The wrestler known as "Rene Dupree" leads an effort over money from the company's over-the-top network as well as Netflix. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online
JetLawBlog
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Services such as Lala.com offer free streaming for many releases, from the most popular down to the fairly obscure. Instead, the industry should push Apple to incorporate streaming music into the program. "Hi, my name's Iggy, please purchase my music."
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 2, 2013
Companies that stream music are exploring the problems of making money, and keeping customers, musicians, and critics, happy. More here from the Guardian
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
In case you haven’t noticed, Billboard and The Official Charts have begun including streaming in measuring chart ranking. Now think about that for a minute–in a world where artists like Taylor Swift are windowing with great success how can you ever think that it’s a good idea to use streaming as a way of measuring success? In the USA it’s already started to happen, with the Billboard consumption chart, that combines album sales, streams, and track sales.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
In a default judgment, a California judge ruled against the companies behind the TVPad device. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 9, 2016
A judge is asked to stop the streaming giant from jumping the theatrical release of "Masterminds" and "The Disappointments Room" read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 19, 2015
Thomas of Fasken Martineau discusses provider liability in the case of Canadian users who "jump the geofence" in order to watch streamed US content. Ariel A. Read more here
Media Law
JANUARY 6, 2014
Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments beginning today, it announced last week. ” Audio streaming begins today with oral arguments from the federal courthouse […] The post 9th Circuit Begins Live Audio Streaming Today appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. The 9th U.S.
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 25, 2015
What do you pay for when you pay for a subscription to an ad supported service like Spotify or Pandora? It stops being ad supported. So who benefits from that? Fans and artists who hate advertising. Artists who get a higher royalty rate. Who doesn’t benefit? Well, who do ya think?
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 3, 2016
Photographer Dana Lixenberg is claiming copyright infringement. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 16, 2015
They claim the TVpad network streams Chinese programs in addition to content from HBO, BBC and CNN, all unauthorized. read more. THR Online THR, Esq. Television Dish Network Business
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 12, 2015
We’ve seen stories recently about various successes for artists in negotiations with major labels about “transparency” in the payment of the artist’s share of streaming royalties received by record companies. But remember how the money flows for artists in the case of ad supported streaming services: Advertiser → Ad Network → Service → Label/Aggregator → Artist. Remember–most streaming royalties are a share of the service’s advertising revenue.
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 26, 2016
and I wish I could say that his article in today’s New York Times “ In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions ” kept pace with his other work. How much do you think it costs to render an accounting statement for 1 billion streams? ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 23, 2016
Disney, LucasFilm, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. want the court to pause VidAngel's $1 movie rental service. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
A copyright lawsuit follows Roc Nation's insistence in probate court of having a license deal that allows for the exploitation of the late artist's catalog. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 23, 2011
Eriq Gardner Fight over mobile and tablet TV streaming heats up. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Tech Television Business
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