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Collection Societies: The Scent of Descent and Decay

The news of Deadmau5 joining Kobalt once more has shown the attractivity and strength of Kobalt. Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Skrillex, Lionel Richie. All of them are with Kobalt now. But actually, there's much more to it. Kobalt is the first player to change the music licensing business in a groundbreaking way. In a bold move, a commercial company founded a collection society.

13 October 2015
Organisationen, Technologie, Urheberrecht
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The GEMA Presumption as an Entry Barrier (Pt. 2/3)

The licence market is protected by the GEMA presumption. The income of composers, authors and providers (labels) of GEMA licences is protected. Where's the threat? They are "threatened" by new providers, say authors of works under Creative Commons licence. Those are constrained in selling their licenses. Free licensed songs would represent a product substantially expanded by valuable properties. It is no substitute product but nevertheless a competitive one.

03 September 2009
Art & Content, Copyright, Organisations
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The GEMA Presumption as an Entry Barrier (Pt. 1/3)

The line between private use and commercial use is not that clear, and it is not explicitly defined by Creative Commons. The definition rather relies on the author being the licenser. But in case you are about to license a work - just ask the author if the purpose you are intending is considered private or commercial use. The metadata of any work licensed under Creative Commons should allow for a contact option.

02 September 2009
Art & Content, Copyright, Organisations