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News from the Goolag Since 2006 ~ A survival guide to the creative apocalypse: We follow issues and opinion important to professional creators. Data is the new exposure.

Month: April 2021

Written by Chris CastleApril 26, 2021April 26, 2021

Honesty in Our Favor: HFA Loses Attempt to Exit Eight Mile Style Case–What implications for MLC?

Harry Fox Agency has a heavy burden in Eight Mile Style cases to prove they didn’t help Spotify cover up copyright infringement.

Written by Chris CastleApril 18, 2021

Hell Has Frozen Over: Apple Joins the Competition on Artist Royalty Payments with Some Good Karma

As an old sailing master once said, two boats on the water is a race. For once, the prize may be which streamery can treat artists better than their competitor.

Written by Chris CastleApril 16, 2021April 23, 2021

What the MLC Can Learn from Orphan Works

“Reasonably diligent search” guidelines for orphan works shine a light on what is expected of streaming services hiding behind the MMA safe harbor giveaway.

Written by Chris CastleApril 15, 2021

COVID Misery Index Rent is Too Damn High Edition

Streaming royalties based on revenue are doomed to fall short until they include the value transfer in the share price.

Written by Chris CastleApril 11, 2021April 11, 2021

Here to Help: Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operator’s Grant Portal is Still Down

The SBA SVOG applications are a disaster but rest assured–it’s Washington so no one will be held accountable.

Written by Chris CastleApril 8, 2021April 8, 2021

SBA Inspector General Report: Serious Concerns About SBA’s Control Environment and the Tracking of Performance Results in the #SaveOurStages/Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program

The SVOG program is turning into a classic Washington disaster.

Written by Editor CharlieApril 6, 2021

Copyright Alliance CEO Issues Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Google v. Oracle

Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid warns that SCOTUS ruling in Google v. Oracle is bad for creators.

Written by Chris CastleApril 4, 2021

The Charlatan’s Bookends: The Inventor and WeWork

The Inventor and WeWork are two sides of the same coin–except the girl went to jail and the boy failed upward.

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