Music Industry
To the extent that some aspects of copyright regulation involve political power, the influence of private equity could counter that of the big technology companies that generally lobby to undermine copyright. Two executives even suggested that private equity could serve as an engine of reform to make collective management organizations more transpa... See more
Robert Levine • What Does Private Equity Mean for the Music Business Long-Term?
PE firms political power as a driver for counteracting big tech’s undermining of copyright and to motivate CMO reform
Further Questions:
Curious about how we come to certain conclusions about the stability of music copyright cashflow in comparison to mortgages.
AI threats to copyright system - what does this mean for investors? Is this another instance in which their collective power along with publishers, labels, CMOs and other music industry stakeholders can be used to combat threats posed by big tech?
One of the few points of agreement is that this has been great for creators so far, especially songwriters. These deals involve creators who are already making money, but the ability to sell their catalogs lets them replace a steady stream of revenue with a one-time cash infusion — it’s “allowed artists the ability to have more liquidity opportunit... See more
Robert Levine • What Does Private Equity Mean for the Music Business Long-Term?
Re: Private Equity firm Puchases of Music Rights
There is an overload of music. 60,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every day. Over 20% of those don’t get streamed even once. The ubiquitous access to almost every piece of recorded music in history has led to a paradox of choice, promoting passive and playlist-driven music consumption and creating winner-take-all effects for the biggest artists.
Yash Bagal • A New Funnel for Music
They will push — using the various tools at their disposal — to raise the value of their assets. They will not do this out of goodwill, of course; they will do it out of self-interest. But any move that raises the value of the song catalogs that they own will also raise the value of the song catalogs that they do not, and this could be very good fo... See more
Robert Levine • What Does Private Equity Mean for the Music Business Long-Term?
“they” being private equity firms
French-language music streams surge 192% on Spotify since 2019 - Music Business Worldwide
Mandy Dalugdugmusicbusinessworldwide.com
is making money by gobbling up the rights to old hits and pumping them back into our present. The result is a markedly blander music scene, as financiers cannibalize the past at the expense of the future and make it even harder for us to build those new artists whose contributions will enrich our entire culture.
Marc Hogan • Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem
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