Censorship Without Borders: The Second Great Takeaway
The Chinese Communist Party extends its headlock on creators in Hong Kong.
Month: August 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.
#FrozenMechanicals Crisis: Unfiled Supplemental Comments of @helienne Lindvall, @davidclowery, @theblakemorgan and @sealeinthedeal
Our response to the majors comment in Phonorecords IV.
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.
@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.
#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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