Staking a Claim: Authorship, Attribution, and Authentication
From photographs and paintings, to musical work sand poetry, the value of many types of creative works lies in their attribution and provenance. But the... Read More
VIEW FROM THE TOP: CRYPTO, CODE AND COPYRIGHTS: THE FUTURE OF MEDIA RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Media and technology industry leaders offer a big-picture view of the current state of media rights management and licensing for rights owners and users, how... Read More
Mixes, Mashups and UGC
Many users of copyrighted works in mixes, mashups and user-generated content go uncounted and uncompensated. Others never happen because they can’t be licensed. This panel... Read More
Show Me the Money: Bringing Transparency to Residuals and Royalty Payments
The music business has its notorious “black box” money problem, but creators and licensors in many rights-based industries lack effective tools to track the money... Read More
Fireside Chat with Merck Mercuridias and Nile Rodgers of Hipgnosis
Fireside Chat with Merck Mercuridias and Nile Rodgers of Hipgnosis Merck Mercuridias, CEO, Founder, & Managing Partner, Hipgnosis Songs Ltd Nile Rodgers, Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Songwriter,... Read More
View From the Top: Copyright Reform in the U.S. and Europe
Copyright legislation in the U.S. and Europe is poised to bring the most sweeping changes in decades to how media content is distributed, licensed, and... Read More
The Enumerated Manuscript: Unique IDs, Metadata and Registries
Machine-to-machine rights management requires machine-readable rights data. A look at how different media industries are tackling the challenge of assigning standardized, machine-readable identifiers and metadata... Read More