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Spotify was saving us all from piracy by giving the music for free in its ad supported tier. Apple Music has three to four times the number of such trial users as Spotify, according to this person, in part because it doesn’t offer a free tier. Remember this one? MORE
Pricing: We have five tiers based on firm size, number of clients using the app, and features selected. These tiers range from $5,000 to $35,000 annually (custom enterprise pricing also available if no tier matches firm requirements). Vote now. Help us pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the third-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW. MORE
Rumor has it (to coin a phrase) that some labels (guess who) also get a third tier in the greater of formula which is a per-play minimum. Excellent graph from Information is Beautiful: [link]. MORE
The 6th Congressional District has seen a huge influx of wealthy Asian Americans moving into the district for safe neighborhoods and top-tier schools. "There is no doubt that Donald Trump changed the political landscape. MORE
Firm Manager, the cloud-based practice management platform from LexisNexis, today introduced a new two-tiered subscription model and new features to go along with the new pricing. The post LexisNexis Firm Manager Introduces New Pricing Tiers and New Features appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. MORE
If you decide to sign up, LawZam has three tiers of membership: Basic, for $49 a month, which includes up to five paid consultations per month. Enterprise, for $125 a month, with unlimited consultations and receipt of leads before lower-tier members. MORE
Then came Apple Music, emphasizing an artist-oriented music ecosystem that omits the free tier that has failed so miserably with Spotify. MTP readers will recall that I said of Spotify’s Taylor Swift debacle that it was unfathomable how Spotify CEO Daniel Ek could allow there to be a Taylor Swift reality that did not involve Spotify. MORE
As seen recently, however, presenting tiered broadcasting options such as these to viewers has the potential to create conflict with regular programming. Comcast offers the NFL Network on a separate sports programming tier instead of on its basic cable package. MORE
Although Ruby offers integrations with Clio, Lexicata and Rocket Matter, those integrations are not available to Ruby Solo customers; the next tier or higher is required. MORE
Here’s what Spotify says about itself : Free tiers: Spotify has two tiers which are free to use: one for desktop and tablet computers and one for mobile. Users on our mobile (smartphone) free tier can only play music in “Shuffle mode”. This tier costs $9.99 MORE
That letter’s consequences are now being seen at the University of North Carolina, which has enacted a two-tiered disciplinary system. [.]. DeVoy Last year, the Education Department’s Office of Civl rights issued a now-infamous “Dear Colleague” letter to universities across the country, reminding them of their Title IX obligations to students in disciplinary proceedings. MORE
The conflict between the two parties began when Comcast placed the NFL Network on a sports programming tier, which required an extra fee and had limited viewership. It is unknown whether the Digital Classic tier will satisfy the NFL long-term. MORE
The Altice-owned cable operator is found to have moved GSN from a basic tier to a premium sports tier based on non-affiliation. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
You don’t need a free tier to get people to pay. The number one thing we learned from Apple Music’s first 12 months? via @stuartdredge: Seven things we’ve learned from the first year of Apple Music — Artist Rights Watch MORE
Those health benefits, which are available to middle-class members as well as wealthy stars, would be the envy of most of the country if people elsewhere knew of them: the DGA’s top-tier plan reportedly features 10% in-network co-pays and a deductible of $325 per person in a world where 30% copays and $1,000 deductibles are more common. MORE
This firmly-entrenched two-tiered financial system has had devastating consequences for entire neighborhoods of color. Credit scores in America perpetuate racial injustice. MORE
These are best summarized by Professor Ben Edelman of the Harvard Business School in his “ bill of rights for advertisers ” which offers a robust multi-tiered approach easily adopted in regulation and against which one can imagine little principled objection. MORE
Cablevision is defending a decision to relegate GSN from a wide tier of "female-oriented" channels to a premium tier of "male-oriented" ones. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
While individuals pay taxes on a tiered, or progressive basis, with tax rates increasing to higher percentages for higher earners, corporations are taxed at a flat rate which is often lower than the rate for an individual earning the same gross income. MORE
Well this doesn’t directly effect the on demand rates, but I’ve always maintained that the artificially low rates paid by services like Pandora, has allowed them to offer music free, which in turn allows the on-demand services to argue for free tiers. MTP: How do you feel about the CRB decision in general as far as rates go? . Well it’s a mixed bag. Leans bad. The rates went up marginally for Pandora, and that seems to be the lead in the press. MORE
The updated rules would cover additional notices, such as information about privacy, channel deletions, service change notices, notice of service changes, and information about the basic service tier, among other things. In an effort to modernize communications, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) decided to allow cable operators to deliver general subscriber notices required under so-called Subpart T rules (47 CFR §§ 76.1601 et seq.) to verified customer email addresses. MORE
But for most middle tier bands this is not a reality. The Trichordist. (I I posted this on my facebook page 6 months ago. It continues to get shared so I’m updating and posting it here.). It amuses me to no end when people suggest that artists can make up for recorded music revenues with live music revenues. These are people who obviously know little about the live music business. I’m sure the top 1% of touring artists can. MORE
For example, in his Future of Music speech he tells us: Imposing order on chaos is particularly important at the bottom of the pyramid, [which] [sic] I’ve labeled that the free tier. The free tier of Spotify lives here, as does YouTube, sites like Last.fm, Pandora, broadcast radio, NPR’s music website and numerous other music discovery blogs. “ Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” ” The Bhagavad-Gita. MORE
With this unveiling, Casetext, which has been free to use ever since its 2013 launch, is also preparing to roll out its first paid subscription tiers for premium services, while keeping basic […]. The legal research service Casetext is unveiling a new service today that automatically finds cases that are relevant to legal memoranda and briefs. MORE
The message paints a bleak picture for an industry following two major labor disturbances in the past two years, and suggests that work for actors is less plentiful than ever before, with film actors taking the few television starring jobs available, and top-tier TV actors taking co-star, guest star and less prestigious roles. Talent agent James J. MORE
Whereas that might have been true ten years ago, today, in an era with myriad licensed services (and Australia has more than most ), and with streaming services with free tiers, I think that’s, frankly, rubbish. Martin Mills is Chairman of the Beggars Group, home to some of the best known brands in the music business–4AD, XL, Matador, and Rough Trade, as well as the Beggars Banquet catalog. MORE
These pledges are usually organized into different tiers, with each higher tier of funding getting a better reward in exchange. For example, some high tier rewards include being in the cast of a movie or lunch with the project creators. The differences between contribution crowdfunding and equity funding. Sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have been enormously successful in popularizing the new trend in fundraising, crowdfunding. MORE
Spotify has both free and paid tiers, and Ms. Swift’s catalog, because they agreed to keep her music out of free tiers, or offer only paid versions. Is he mad? Anyway, there’s something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks. Moby Dick , by Herman Melville. MORE
in the highest-possible tier, the report said the country needs to increase equitable access and resources to victim services. Bahrain attained Tier 1 status in the report, becoming the only other country besides Israel in the Near East to do so. MORE
If YouTube had the same level of commitment, their subscription service would be more than a head fake—and they’d be working hard, like Spotify does, to convert users to the paid tier for unlimited music. [A version of this post appeared in last month’s MusicTechPolicy Monthly.]. MORE
The Tennis Channel has complained to the FCC about treatment it says it is getting from Comcast. It alleges that Comcast is offering it on a different basis to its customers from other sports networks such as the Golf Channel MORE
The sports network believes that Verizon can't put its channels on separately priced tiers in the new personalized FiOS service. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online MORE
Lake of Tiers Inc.), In this episode of Entertainment Law Update, Entertainment lawyers Gordon Firemark Tamera Bennett and Peter Kaufman review the ten most significant cases and controversies in the entertainment industry for 2013, and forecast what we’ll be seeing in 2014. MORE
It requires either a Boutique or Elite subscription to Clio and thus is not available to those on Clio’s lowest-tier Starter plan. The practice management platform Clio yesterday rolled out a feature called Clio Launcher that opens documents for editing on your desktop computer with one click and then saves them back to the appropriate folder in Clio. MORE
This two-tiered system of justice—one for civilians, the other for law enforcement—must end Why Ferguson Burns | The Nation "To begin with, let''s talk about the near impunity with which law-enforcement agents in this country shoot, choke and beat unarmed civilians. MORE
It reduces the regulatory fees in the two lowest population tiers for AM and FM broadcasters from the amounts proposed. The FCC late yesterday released an Order setting the amount of FY2017 Annual Regulatory fees, along with a public notice setting September 26 as the deadline for those fees. Reg fees may be paid now through September 26. If not paid by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on that date, penalties of 25% will be assessed. MORE
Thomas kind of botched the acronym, saying “third tier trash,&# instead of the more commonly accepted third tier [.]. DeVoy In his remarks at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law earlier this week, Clarence Thomas used a term those who read legal blogs and message boards know well: TTT. Beginning at the 40:00 mark.) MORE
As is typical with Google, the technology stack is the most sophisticated of the top tier exchanges. From Advertising Perspectives: “Are Ad Exchanges and Real Time Bidding the Next Big Thing” ([link]. MORE
That letter’s consequences are now being seen at the University of North Carolina, which has enacted a two-tiered disciplinary system. [.]. DeVoy Last year, the Education Department’s Office of Civl rights issued a now-infamous “Dear Colleague” letter to universities across the country, reminding them of their Title IX obligations to students in disciplinary proceedings. MORE
Google scored in the second-lowest tier of companies. I’ll be a big noise with all the big boys, so much stuff I will own. And I will pray to a big god, as I kneel in the big church. Big time, I’m on my way I’m making it… Big Time , by Peter Gabriel. MORE
With the change, Clio is moving to a three-tiered pricing structure, offering different packages of features at different […]. The post Practice-Management Platform Clio Converts to Three-Tiered Pricing appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. MORE
Because in addition to its evil exclusives, TIDAL also rejected Spotify’s beloved free tier in favor of a subscriber-only model. I know it’s shocking that anyone in the music business would try to juice the charts. But sometimes there actually is a more innocent explanation for apparent conspiracy. MORE
The contradictory and changing explanations from White House officials, especially Kelly, have raised questions about furthered shake-ups in the top tiers of the government. "FBI director Chris Wray contradicted the White House on Tuesday about when the bureau had completed a background investigation of former Donald Trump aide Rob Porter, who resigned last week following allegations of domestic violence. MORE
Yes, it's that time of year when studios release second-tier pictures, ones for which nobody has high expectations. Some are mediocre ( Pink Panther 2 ), others are terrific but not overtly commercial, like Henry Selick's stop-motion ( Coraline ). MORE
Tiers Related Topics Media Law
JULY 11, 2016
Firm Manager, the cloud-based practice management platform from LexisNexis, today introduced a new two-tiered subscription model and new features to go along with the new pricing. The post LexisNexis Firm Manager Introduces New Pricing Tiers and New Features appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites.
Media Law
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
With the change, Clio is moving to a three-tiered pricing structure, offering different packages of features at different […]. The post Practice-Management Platform Clio Converts to Three-Tiered Pricing appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites.
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 7, 2010
The Tennis Channel has complained to the FCC about treatment it says it is getting from Comcast. It alleges that Comcast is offering it on a different basis to its customers from other sports networks such as the Golf Channel
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 14, 2015
Cablevision is defending a decision to relegate GSN from a wide tier of "female-oriented" channels to a premium tier of "male-oriented" ones. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
The Altice-owned cable operator is found to have moved GSN from a basic tier to a premium sports tier based on non-affiliation. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
APRIL 27, 2015
The sports network believes that Verizon can't put its channels on separately priced tiers in the new personalized FiOS service. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
JULY 2, 2016
You don’t need a free tier to get people to pay. The number one thing we learned from Apple Music’s first 12 months? via @stuartdredge: Seven things we’ve learned from the first year of Apple Music — Artist Rights Watch
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 19, 2014
Here’s what Spotify says about itself : Free tiers: Spotify has two tiers which are free to use: one for desktop and tablet computers and one for mobile. Users on our mobile (smartphone) free tier can only play music in “Shuffle mode”. This tier costs $9.99
The Legal Satyricon
APRIL 25, 2012
That letter’s consequences are now being seen at the University of North Carolina, which has enacted a two-tiered disciplinary system. [.]. DeVoy Last year, the Education Department’s Office of Civl rights issued a now-infamous “Dear Colleague” letter to universities across the country, reminding them of their Title IX obligations to students in disciplinary proceedings.
Gordon P. Firemark
JANUARY 12, 2015
While individuals pay taxes on a tiered, or progressive basis, with tax rates increasing to higher percentages for higher earners, corporations are taxed at a flat rate which is often lower than the rate for an individual earning the same gross income.
The Legal Satyricon
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Thomas kind of botched the acronym, saying “third tier trash,&# instead of the more commonly accepted third tier [.]. DeVoy In his remarks at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law earlier this week, Clarence Thomas used a term those who read legal blogs and message boards know well: TTT. Beginning at the 40:00 mark.)
Media Law
MARCH 6, 2019
If you decide to sign up, LawZam has three tiers of membership: Basic, for $49 a month, which includes up to five paid consultations per month. Enterprise, for $125 a month, with unlimited consultations and receipt of leads before lower-tier members.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 30, 2018
in the highest-possible tier, the report said the country needs to increase equitable access and resources to victim services. Bahrain attained Tier 1 status in the report, becoming the only other country besides Israel in the Near East to do so.
Media Law
JULY 18, 2016
With this unveiling, Casetext, which has been free to use ever since its 2013 launch, is also preparing to roll out its first paid subscription tiers for premium services, while keeping basic […]. The legal research service Casetext is unveiling a new service today that automatically finds cases that are relevant to legal memoranda and briefs.
Digital Media Law
JANUARY 12, 2010
Those health benefits, which are available to middle-class members as well as wealthy stars, would be the envy of most of the country if people elsewhere knew of them: the DGA’s top-tier plan reportedly features 10% in-network co-pays and a deductible of $325 per person in a world where 30% copays and $1,000 deductibles are more common.
JetLawBlog
MAY 21, 2009
The conflict between the two parties began when Comcast placed the NFL Network on a sports programming tier, which required an extra fee and had limited viewership. It is unknown whether the Digital Classic tier will satisfy the NFL long-term.
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 4, 2018
Spotify was saving us all from piracy by giving the music for free in its ad supported tier. Apple Music has three to four times the number of such trial users as Spotify, according to this person, in part because it doesn’t offer a free tier. Remember this one?
The Legal Satyricon
APRIL 25, 2012
That letter’s consequences are now being seen at the University of North Carolina, which has enacted a two-tiered disciplinary system. [.]. DeVoy Last year, the Education Department’s Office of Civl rights issued a now-infamous “Dear Colleague” letter to universities across the country, reminding them of their Title IX obligations to students in disciplinary proceedings.
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
But for most middle tier bands this is not a reality. The Trichordist. (I I posted this on my facebook page 6 months ago. It continues to get shared so I’m updating and posting it here.). It amuses me to no end when people suggest that artists can make up for recorded music revenues with live music revenues. These are people who obviously know little about the live music business. I’m sure the top 1% of touring artists can.
Gordon P. Firemark
JUNE 30, 2009
The message paints a bleak picture for an industry following two major labor disturbances in the past two years, and suggests that work for actors is less plentiful than ever before, with film actors taking the few television starring jobs available, and top-tier TV actors taking co-star, guest star and less prestigious roles. Talent agent James J.
Media Law
JULY 31, 2018
It requires either a Boutique or Elite subscription to Clio and thus is not available to those on Clio’s lowest-tier Starter plan. The practice management platform Clio yesterday rolled out a feature called Clio Launcher that opens documents for editing on your desktop computer with one click and then saves them back to the appropriate folder in Clio.
Media Law
AUGUST 13, 2018
Although Ruby offers integrations with Clio, Lexicata and Rocket Matter, those integrations are not available to Ruby Solo customers; the next tier or higher is required.
Thompson On Hollywood
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
Yes, it's that time of year when studios release second-tier pictures, ones for which nobody has high expectations. Some are mediocre ( Pink Panther 2 ), others are terrific but not overtly commercial, like Henry Selick's stop-motion ( Coraline ).
New Media and Technology Law
DECEMBER 6, 2018
The updated rules would cover additional notices, such as information about privacy, channel deletions, service change notices, notice of service changes, and information about the basic service tier, among other things. In an effort to modernize communications, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) decided to allow cable operators to deliver general subscriber notices required under so-called Subpart T rules (47 CFR §§ 76.1601 et seq.) to verified customer email addresses.
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 22, 2015
Then came Apple Music, emphasizing an artist-oriented music ecosystem that omits the free tier that has failed so miserably with Spotify. MTP readers will recall that I said of Spotify’s Taylor Swift debacle that it was unfathomable how Spotify CEO Daniel Ek could allow there to be a Taylor Swift reality that did not involve Spotify.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
The contradictory and changing explanations from White House officials, especially Kelly, have raised questions about furthered shake-ups in the top tiers of the government. "FBI director Chris Wray contradicted the White House on Tuesday about when the bureau had completed a background investigation of former Donald Trump aide Rob Porter, who resigned last week following allegations of domestic violence.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2014
This two-tiered system of justice—one for civilians, the other for law enforcement—must end Why Ferguson Burns | The Nation "To begin with, let''s talk about the near impunity with which law-enforcement agents in this country shoot, choke and beat unarmed civilians.
Gordon P. Firemark
DECEMBER 12, 2013
Lake of Tiers Inc.), In this episode of Entertainment Law Update, Entertainment lawyers Gordon Firemark Tamera Bennett and Peter Kaufman review the ten most significant cases and controversies in the entertainment industry for 2013, and forecast what we’ll be seeing in 2014.
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
For example, in his Future of Music speech he tells us: Imposing order on chaos is particularly important at the bottom of the pyramid, [which] [sic] I’ve labeled that the free tier. The free tier of Spotify lives here, as does YouTube, sites like Last.fm, Pandora, broadcast radio, NPR’s music website and numerous other music discovery blogs. “ Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” ” The Bhagavad-Gita.
Music Technology Policy
MAY 14, 2018
Because in addition to its evil exclusives, TIDAL also rejected Spotify’s beloved free tier in favor of a subscriber-only model. I know it’s shocking that anyone in the music business would try to juice the charts. But sometimes there actually is a more innocent explanation for apparent conspiracy.
JetLawBlog
APRIL 28, 2009
As seen recently, however, presenting tiered broadcasting options such as these to viewers has the potential to create conflict with regular programming. Comcast offers the NFL Network on a separate sports programming tier instead of on its basic cable package.
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 26, 2015
These are best summarized by Professor Ben Edelman of the Harvard Business School in his “ bill of rights for advertisers ” which offers a robust multi-tiered approach easily adopted in regulation and against which one can imagine little principled objection.
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Spotify has both free and paid tiers, and Ms. Swift’s catalog, because they agreed to keep her music out of free tiers, or offer only paid versions. Is he mad? Anyway, there’s something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks. Moby Dick , by Herman Melville.
Media Law
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Pricing: We have five tiers based on firm size, number of clients using the app, and features selected. These tiers range from $5,000 to $35,000 annually (custom enterprise pricing also available if no tier matches firm requirements). Vote now. Help us pick the legal technology startups that will be selected for the third-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW.
Music Technology Policy
JULY 1, 2012
Rumor has it (to coin a phrase) that some labels (guess who) also get a third tier in the greater of formula which is a per-play minimum. Excellent graph from Information is Beautiful: [link].
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 5, 2017
If YouTube had the same level of commitment, their subscription service would be more than a head fake—and they’d be working hard, like Spotify does, to convert users to the paid tier for unlimited music. [A version of this post appeared in last month’s MusicTechPolicy Monthly.].
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 3, 2015
Google scored in the second-lowest tier of companies. I’ll be a big noise with all the big boys, so much stuff I will own. And I will pray to a big god, as I kneel in the big church. Big time, I’m on my way I’m making it… Big Time , by Peter Gabriel.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2015
This firmly-entrenched two-tiered financial system has had devastating consequences for entire neighborhoods of color. Credit scores in America perpetuate racial injustice.
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
It reduces the regulatory fees in the two lowest population tiers for AM and FM broadcasters from the amounts proposed. The FCC late yesterday released an Order setting the amount of FY2017 Annual Regulatory fees, along with a public notice setting September 26 as the deadline for those fees. Reg fees may be paid now through September 26. If not paid by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on that date, penalties of 25% will be assessed.
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 4, 2012
As is typical with Google, the technology stack is the most sophisticated of the top tier exchanges. From Advertising Perspectives: “Are Ad Exchanges and Real Time Bidding the Next Big Thing” ([link].
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 21, 2015
Well this doesn’t directly effect the on demand rates, but I’ve always maintained that the artificially low rates paid by services like Pandora, has allowed them to offer music free, which in turn allows the on-demand services to argue for free tiers. MTP: How do you feel about the CRB decision in general as far as rates go? . Well it’s a mixed bag. Leans bad. The rates went up marginally for Pandora, and that seems to be the lead in the press.
Music Technology Policy
MAY 10, 2014
Whereas that might have been true ten years ago, today, in an era with myriad licensed services (and Australia has more than most ), and with streaming services with free tiers, I think that’s, frankly, rubbish. Martin Mills is Chairman of the Beggars Group, home to some of the best known brands in the music business–4AD, XL, Matador, and Rough Trade, as well as the Beggars Banquet catalog.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
APRIL 14, 2017
The 6th Congressional District has seen a huge influx of wealthy Asian Americans moving into the district for safe neighborhoods and top-tier schools. "There is no doubt that Donald Trump changed the political landscape.
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