• FTC Issues Staff Report on AI Partnerships 
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 10:17 pm

    Lina Khan has some parting thoughts

  • ‘Piracy Shield’ Fails to Convert Pirates to Paying Subscribers, Data Suggest 
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 10:13 pm

    Despite blocking thousands of illegal streaming sites, Italy’s ‘Piracy Shield’ anti-piracy program has failed to deliver increased viewership for legal services like DAZN. This revelation appears in data provided by telecoms regulator AGCOM, which oversees the blocking regime. It adds fuel to […]

  • IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley talks AI, fraud and lobbying: ‘We have a compelling story to tell’
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 10:06 pm

    At Music Ally Connect in London today, Oakley sat down for a keynote interview, stating with her first-six-months impressions of the industry. “Man, it’s complicated. You would not design an industry from scratch like this! So getting your head around it is very, very complicated, ” said […]

  • Digital art venue MakersPlace shuts down amid NFT market decline
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 9:58 pm

    MakersPlace, a digital art platform specializing in non-fungible tokens, is shutting down amid a sharp drop in the NFT market. The company, launched in 2018, announced its closure on Jan. 15 after six years of operations. “Ongoing market challenges and funding difficulties have made it impossible […]

  • UMG set to list on US exchange; Pershing Square to sell $500m in stock 
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 9:51 pm

    Universal Music Group (UMG) announced Wednesday (January 15) that Pershing Square Holdings, led by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, has requested a secondary listing of the music company on a US stock exchange. Under a previously disclosed agreement, UMG will facilitate an underwritten offering […]

  • AI Rights for Authors: ‘Created by Humans’ Launches
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 9:42 pm

    And along with the opening of the platform itself, the company is now unveiling the proprietary framework they’ve developed, AI Rights, which is at the core of the service, currently offering rights for AI model training and reference via RAG models. Adler says the team has plans to add more […]

  • Possible SESAC Sale Has $3 Billion Price Tag, Reports Suggest
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 9:39 pm

    Blackstone’s rumored SESAC sale has an over $3 billion price tag and multiple prospective purchasers, according to new reports.  Blackstone reportedly began entertaining private equity offers for SESAC after Hellman & Friedman took a majority stake in Global Music Rights (GMR) late last […]

  • Blackstone Seeks $3 Billion in Sale of Bob Dylan, Adele Song Rights
    by rightstech on January 20, 2025 at 9:35 pm

    Blackstone Inc. has hired financial advisers to explore the sale of song rights, including music from Bob Dylan, Adele and Ariana Grande, that it expects to fetch $3 billion or more, people with knowledge of the matter said. A handful of financial firms, including Apollo Global Management […]

  • Writers voice anxiety about using AI. Readers don’t seem to care
    by rightstech on January 15, 2025 at 6:07 pm

    What does it mean for a writer, such as a novelist, to have a unique “voice”? And does artificial intelligence (AI) help or hurt that voice? Microsoft researchers set out to answer that question with a small study using 19 fiction writers, 30 readers, and short passages written with the […]

  • USPTO Presents AI Strategy as AI Patent Applications Soar by 33%
    by rightstech on January 15, 2025 at 6:03 pm

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released an official Artificial Intelligence Strategy aimed at outlining the challenges faced by the Office both internally and externally, as the reach of AI impacts all aspects of innovation and society. According to the report, AI-related patent […]

Rights Tech Blog

29
Jul

RightsTech 2016 Audio Recordings from Panels and Keynotes

Thanks to all that attended Digital Media Wire and Concurrent Media’s inaugural RightsTech Summit in New York City! Whether you were in attendance or not, we are happy to provide you with audio of some of our panels and keynotes from the event. Special thanks to 3 Pillar Global for the recordings! RESTORING REGISTRATION TO THE COPYRIGHT EQUATION PANELISTS: Robert Norton, CEO,...
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28
Jul

The Inaugural RightsTech Summit: Forward-Thinking Optimism, With Few Music Publishers In Sight

Forbes reports “Dozens of technology, law and music professionals gathered at the Japan Society in New York on Tuesday for the inaugural RightsTech Summit, determined to brainstorm how partnerships between tech companies and content creators could drive smarter rights management and monetization. The resulting debates were notable as much for their innovation and optimism as for who was absent. During his keynote,...
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20
Jul

5 Questions With: PluraVida’s Sam Gilchrist

As part of a new interview series on Digital Media Wire’s industry news site, RightsTech Summit panelist Sam Gilchrist talks about PluraVida, payment settlements, rights management, distribution solutions and more. Check out the excerpt below and read the full post here. Digital Media Wire reports “PluraVida is an emerging company at the forefront of the RightsTech movement for digital content distributors, focused on...
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13
Jul

When Content Moves Faster Than The Money: Paul Sweeting Talks Rights Technology

If you think attribution when the term “Rights” comes up in the context of digital media, then you’re missing an important piece of the puzzle as far as how tech breakthroughs have impacted content distribution. On July 26, Digital Media Wire (DMW) will present a Rightstech Summit in NYC to address this blind spot. For now, let’s chat with panel...
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6
Jul

5 Questions With: Benji Rogers of PledgeMusic

As part of a new interview series on Digital Media Wire’s industry news site, RightsTech Summit keynote speaker Benji Rogers talks about PledgeMusic, the music industry, the blockchain and more. Check out the excerpt below and read the full post here. Digital Media Wire reports “PledgeMusic is a direct-to-fan music platform that enhances the fan-artist dynamic from the creation of...
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