Category: Music royalties
Starter Packs
Starter Pack: New tech, old rights
January 09 2023
A new series unpacking essential foundational concepts for navigating music and tech.
Web3
Splitting the difference: Music and Web3’s multiplayer problem
September 07 2022
Continuing Water & Music’s exploration of the legal maze around music and Web3, this article takes a closer look at nascent smart-contract developments around collaborative splits for Web3-native music releases.
Music royalties
The case for a post-royalties music industry
October 05 2021
Streaming
Just how difficult is it to make a sustainable living from streaming?
September 27 2021
Emerging tech
Are music deepfakes considered fair use?
July 29 2021
Web3
Why more music companies are paying artists’ royalties in crypto
June 28 2021
Design/UX
How Spotify’s recommendations UX might be pushing down per-stream royalty rates — even if total payouts increase
November 17 2020
Artist services
What “Record Deal Simulator” is really telling us
October 01 2020
Artist services
The problem with play-count purgatory
September 28 2020
Artist services
The democratization of record-label advances
March 25 2020
Artists
Equity crowdfunding for indie artists: An overview of emerging models (and why it’s so hard to make them work)
August 08 2019
Artists
Why hasn’t the music industry’s pro-UGC mentality translated to merch?
July 07 2019