Turning Copyrights into Cash: Trends in Rights-based Finance
Investors continue to pour money into music publishing catalogs and other rights-based assets, but is selling out the only way for authors and artists to... Read More
Building a Better Payment Pipeline for Royalties and Residuals
The path from a user clicking ‘play’ to a rights owner, creator or investor getting paid can be long and winding, and often difficult to... Read More
Content Identification, Filtering and Article 17: A Status Report
Article 17 of the European Union’s Copyright Directive is now in effect, requiring UGC platforms to identify, attribute, and in some cases, block copyrighted content... Read More
Blockchain 2.0: Will This Time be Different?
From NFTs, to real-world rights-management and payment platforms, the blockchain buzz is back. What’s different this time? What lessons have been learned? Will the reality... Read More
Featured Presentation: Liberating the True Value of Content
Liberating the True Value of Content Join Drew Delis and Michael Pitoglou of Orfium as they discuss the current state of digital rights exploitation, the... Read More
Paying for News: Who Should Get Paid, and How?
From Australia to Europe to the U.S., lawmakers and regulators are taking steps to encourage or require technology platforms to negotiate license and payment terms... Read More
View from the Top: Deals and Dealmaking for the New Normal
The Great Covid Lockdown of 2020 sparked or accelerated adoption of new monetization strategies and new licensing models, from live-streamed concerts and virtual events, to... Read More