Copyright & Media Update – 11/18/16

November 11, 2016

Google Music Taps Big Data to Build Robot DJ-Mind Reader

BY DAVE PIERCE: Other than maybe the NSA, nobody knows more about you than Google. It’s got a read on where you are, what you’re doing, what you’re thinking and watching and searching for and chatting with your friends about. Which means nobody should be better equipped to soundtrack every second of your life than Google Play Music. Starting today, the company’s taking full advantage of its smarts to deliver you the sounds you want, when you want them. All you have to do is press play. READ MORE…

3 Questions About DMCA Safe Harbors

BY JONATHAN BAILEY: DMCA Safe Harbor is one of the most important areas of copyright law as it applies to the Internet. It is how web hosts protect themselves from infringement committed by users. It is the most common mechanism for copyright enforcement online. And it is one of the most controversial aspects of copyright law. However, like all areas of copyright law, safe harbor is in flux. READ MORE…

U.S. DoJ to Appeal 100% Licensing Agreement

BY CHRIS COOKE: The US Department Of Justice has confirmed it will appeal the impromptu court ruling that overturned its decision on whether or not American collecting societies BMI and ASCAP must operate a 100% licensing system. All you consent decree fans out there will remember that when the DoJ reviewed the regulations governing the collective licensing of song rights by American performing rights organizations BMI and ASCAP, it concluded earlier this year that both societies should be offering 100% licenses. But the two societies…insisted they got it wrong. READ MORE…

Facebook Is Finally Ready to Become a Media Company

MUSIC INDUSTRY BLOG: Facebook beat estimates with its latest earnings but announced that ad revenues would likely slow in 2017 as the digital ad market feels the pinch of advertiser budgets lagging the shift in user behavior. Facebook’s stock fell by 7% but it already has Plan B in motion: to become a media company. Facebook delayed this move as long as it possibly could, showing little enthusiasm for getting bogged down with content licenses while it was able to drive audience growth and engagement by piggy backing other people’s content. That strategy has run its course. Facebook is now about to start looking and behaving much more like a media company, but in doing so it will rewrite the rule book on what a media company is. READ MORE…

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