Music industry
Why the music industry is still fighting against piracy in 2021
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021
The battle against digital music piracy is by no means over. Though streaming services stopped the early-noughties piracy frenzy that near-enough destroyed the music industry, stream-ripping and illegal music downloads are still rife across the internet.
Sony And The “Financialization” Of Music Catalogues
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021
While the industry has grown about one-third from its 2014 nadir of about US$15bn, in inflation-adjusted terms the recorded music industry is still half the US$40bn it was at its peak in 2001.
Spotify to Launch in 85 New Markets
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Spotify unveiled plans to launch in 85 new markets over the next few days, areas that represent more than 1 billion potential new listeners, according the company.
La nouvelle jeunesse de l'industrie musicale
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Après Warner Music, les français Universal et Believe vont entrer en Bourse cette année. Un retour en grâce du secteur, porté par le streaming. Mais à quel prix ?
La cripto-música al rescate
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Habrá quien piense que el mundo se ha vuelto loco, otra vez. Los síntomas detectados incluyen la venta hace unos días de un collage digital del artista Beeple por 58,5 millones de euros.
Looking Out For Each Other with The Real Music Wages Database
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
The Real Music Wages Database is an anonymous, crowd-sourced list of real wage transactions reported by musicians. We track how much someone has been paid, who paid them, and how many hours of work it involved.
NFTs for copyrights: Why non-fungible tokens could transform who gets paid from music rights, and how
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
The dirty little secret of these transactions? People are buying unique digital collectibles – but they aren’t buying any underlying rights.
Trends that will reshape the music industry
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
A third of musicians could leave the industry due to the financial losses brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, a report cited by NME says. The research was carried out by the Musicians’ Union, who are calling on the UK government to provide greater assistance to those affected in the industry.
En 2020, la musique enregistrée a résisté, grâce à l’essor du streaming
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Pendant le confinement, la diffusion numérique s’est imposée, au détriment des CD. Les ventes de vinyles progressent.
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