The Artist Compensation Storm
As sure as dark clouds gather in hurricane season, a storm is brewing around artist compensation. Art and technology are at odds. However, it wasn’t always that way. From the advent… Read More →
Hear-Like-Buy: Why Spotify Is Marketing, Not Commerce
- Categories: Identity, Music business •
- Tags: amazon, artistic brand, artistic identity, artists, best buy, brand, CD, copyright, digital audio, digital media, download, facebook, free spotify, freeware, identity, indie artists, indie music news, indie rock music, intellectual property, media technology, megaupload, mixtape, music distribution, music sharing, music streaming, napster, playlists, spotify, stream, streaming music, tower records, vinyl, walmart •
- 2 Comments •
- by Wampus
You can’t read an article in the music press without tripping over somebody complaining about Spotify royalties. You’ve heard the chorus: Spotify is destroying what’s left of the CD market.… Read More →
SOPA: Your Role as Artist and Advocate
- Categories: Art and creativity, Music business •
- Tags: al franken, copyright, copyright protection, creative, facebook, google, indie artists, indie music, intellectual property, law, microsoft, motion picture association of america, MPAA, music copyright, online piracy, piracy, recording industry association of america, RIAA, ron paul, SOPA, stop online piracy act •
- 4 Comments •
- by Wampus
Some people think the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is about censoring content creators. Others think it is about guarding intellectual property. Either way, the proposed legislation is about the control… Read More →