Moral Rights for Musicians: A Primer
[M] oney isn’t everything. Elsewhere in the world, creators may enjoy a separate set of rights known as “moral rights.” The term comes from the French language and might actually be better translated...
View ArticleElection Escapism: Fan Fiction For The 2016 Candidates
An excerpt from an alternate universe where Bernie Sanders runs for president of the 8th grade at the fictional USA Middle School and encounters a new student and rival named Donald Trump: “What could...
View ArticleResearching microcelebrity: Methods, access and labour
By Jonathan Mavroudis, Esther Milne Abstract: The term “microcelebrity” describes a broad range of practices, platforms and social relations that includes but is not limited to the increasing...
View ArticleEvery Day Major Music Companies Earn $10M Millon, Indies $5 Million In...
With average payments hovering around $.00575 per play, its easily arguable that Spotify, Apple Music and others music streamers are not returning sufficient revenue to creators. But in aggregate,...
View Article“Privacy, Vulnerability, and Affordance”
By Ryan Calo (University of Washington – School of Law; Stanford University – Law School; Yale Law School), 8/9/16. DL here. Abstract: This essay, prepared in connection to the Clifford Symposium at...
View ArticleHow Much Does Social Media Actually Impact A Band’s Draw?
When promoting a show via social media, it can be difficult to tell how much rampant posting across the various platforms actually translates into attendance at shows. Ultimately, it does make a...
View ArticleDot Blockchain Music Project To Launch Within Next Week –“Growing Up In...
Less than 7 weeks ago, a small and underfunded but dedicated team started work an app that will apply blockchain technology to the music industry, and establish a globally distributed database of music...
View ArticleCommunicative ❤ Intimacies: Influencers and Perceived Interconnectedness
by Crystal Abidin Influencers are everyday, ordinary Internet users who accumulate a relatively large following on blogs and social media through the textual and visual narration of their personal...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Escalates War With His Fans, Deletes Instagram Account
It feels like Justin Bieber is at war with his own fans: I’m gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don’t stop the hate this is getting out of hand,” Biebs wrote on the final picture that he...
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