Songtrust Now Administers 150K Songwriters, 1M Copyrights, 20K Music Publishers

Songtrust announced that is now administers 50,000 songwriters, 20,000 music publishers and more than 1,000,000 copyrights. That's up from 100,000 songwriters and 15,000 publishers just over a year ago.

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Global Music Database Test Launches with BMG, WMG, More

BMG, Global Music Rights, Outdustry, Phoenix, Sentric, Warner/Chappell and Warner Music Group are among the major players testing a decentralised music rights database launched by Techstars Music graduate JAAK.

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Traditional vs. What’s Coming: How Blockchain Could Reshape The Music Industry [Benji Rogers]

The potential for how Blockchain tech could alter the music industry has often been discussed of late. In this piece we look at twenty-two ways that Blockchain, or more specifically. Continue reading

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Blockchain And The Music Industry: RAC, Nest HQ and UJO Music Offer A Beginners Guide [VIDEO]

Is blockchain just a buzzword or could it radically change the music industry?  We think it's the later, but understanding what blockchain is and does is confusing. Grammy winner RAC. Continue reading

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Blokur Raises $1.2M Seed Round For Music Blockchain, Machine Learning Startup

Blokur, led several music industry veterans, has raided a $1.2 million seed round to bring blockchain technology to music and other creative arts. But Blokur faces steep competition, as well. Continue reading

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Music And Technology: 4 Disrupters You MUST Pay Attention To

As the music industry continues its second year of promising recovery following the disruption of the digital marketplace and embraces streaming as the dominant form of music consumption, the question. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

Commentators in the music industry this week shared their thoughts and opinions on how piracy can have an upside for artists, the exploding streaming market in China, and why the. Continue reading

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The Music Industry Still Doesn’t Understand Blockchain Tech

Here Bryce Weiner responds to a recent article explaining why the music industry can't be put on a blockchain, addressing several fallacies within said article and providing further research on. Continue reading

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Why You Can’t Put The Music Industry On A Blockchain

In this excerpt from "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts," author David Gerard offers a critical examination of the Bitcoin and blockchain phenomenon, and what it means. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: ReDigi MP3 Resale Lawsuit • DotBlockchain Releases New Tech • Sony Signs with Dubset To Monetize Remixes • More

Wednesday 8.30.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Is the resale of an MP3 legal?  If it were, with blockchain everyone could actually get paid… Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

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