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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: August 2021

Written by Chris CastleAugust 26, 2021August 26, 2021

Censorship Without Borders: The Second Great Takeaway

The Chinese Communist Party extends its headlock on creators in Hong Kong.

Written by Chris CastleAugust 24, 2021

It’s All About the Stock: Tone deaf Spotify Insiders Vote for Stock Buyback to Juice Their Share Price While Congress Questions Streaming Payola — @ArtistRights Watch

Spotify’s tone deaf stock buyback comes as the company is fighting fair royalties and avoiding regulation that protects culture from the Spotify juggernaut.

Written by Chris CastleAugust 20, 2021

#FrozenMechanicals Crisis: Unfiled Supplemental Comments of @helienne Lindvall, @davidclowery, @theblakemorgan and @sealeinthedeal

Our response to the majors comment in Phonorecords IV.

Written by Chris CastleAugust 13, 2021August 16, 2021

Not You, ARPU: Another way to value streams on Spotify

Spotify’s economic disparity is way worse than you thought when you value streams based on market capitalization.

Written by Chris CastleAugust 6, 2021

@ddayan is the Only Journalist Who Gets the Deep Implications of Scarlett Johansson’s Streaming Lawsuit Against the Happiest Place on Earth

Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Marvel and Disney over the “day and date” streaming release of Black Widow may set a new precedent for talent deals. David Dayan tells the story at The American Prospect.

Written by Editor CharlieAugust 5, 2021

#FrozenMechanicals Crisis: Comments of @helienne Lindvall, @DavidCLowery and @TheBlakeMorgan to the Copyright Royalty Board

First and foremost, the problem with the CRB adopting the purported settlement as the law of the land is the appearance of the bootstrapping of a private deal among apparently related parties and the controlled opposition into rates and terms that apply to all songwriters in the world. 

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