Part of the proposed Live Nation settlement with the DOJ is that artists can request contact info and data of the fans who purchase tickets to their shows.
As we wrote when the news originally broke, this would be a huge with for artists.
Rob “Blasko” Nicholson, the former Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie bassist who successfully transitioned to artist management and marketing, joins Michael Brandvold on the Music Business Weekly Podcast. The pair discuss and have questions about how it might work - if it is even possible
This episode includes a great back and forth about artists "owning" their fan data, not “renting” it from social networks that you use daily.
For example, all those Likes on your Facebook Page or Instagram account are not yours. You don’t know who those fans are and will never have access to their names and emails.
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