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Digital Royalties Update – First-ever YouTube and Highest-ever Spotify 2 Mar 2013 | 10:15 am
I keep coming back to the issue of digital royalties and how much I’m getting paid per transaction every now and again, mostly to note any interesting developments. Today I had a peek at my CD Baby ac...
The Musical Supermarket 1 Mar 2013 | 05:50 pm
You may be hearing good tidings coming from here and there, with the general gist being that the period of free-fall in the music industry has finally come to an end. Given that it’s been going on for...
My Fantasy Release Schedule 27 Feb 2013 | 06:52 pm
I think it’s time for a break from all the copyright-related stuff. Today I want to dive back into the business end of the pool and outline what my album release schedule would look like if I had my w...
The Limits of Copyright 23 Feb 2013 | 05:30 pm
Last time I suggested that accusations of copyright maximalism were misdirected. Just to recap – my point was that most of us arguing in favour of copyright enforcement are really talking about a law ...
Copyright Maximalism 19 Feb 2013 | 07:14 pm
Here’s an invective I particularly enjoy: copyright maximalist. Has a nice dire sound to it, don’t it? It gets thrown around these here parts and elsewhere. The-One-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named (‘coz he goo...
Anti-materials 16 Feb 2013 | 12:56 pm
I’ve not been a frequent poster lately and it is likely that this situation will continue for some time to come. It helps, however, that when I do post something it tends to provoke a bit of discussio...
Commodities, Monopolies, Remixes and Rights – A Symphony 22 Jan 2013 | 10:46 pm
This is a long-overdue (and just plain effing long) post – I wrote it over a week ago – but also one I really wanted to publish (which entailed the need for proof-reading and editing – the main reason...
Copyright and Scarcity 11 Dec 2012 | 08:25 pm
Last week, Copyhype ‘s Terry Hart examined the claim that copyright cannot be a property right, because property rights are only justified to resolve conflicts over scarce goods and copyrightable good...
From the Vault: Money and the Cynical Musician 3 Dec 2012 | 12:00 pm
From the Vault is an idea I’ve come up with in order to maintain some kind of regular posting schedule on TCM in the face of competition from my nine-to-five, Viridian re-forming, my other projects an...
The Real Reason for Pandora’s Royalty Burden 1 Dec 2012 | 07:11 pm
Continuing the subject of the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Music Licensing, I want to point out one other thing that everyone seems to be missing: why Pandora’s royalty obligations are so high...
