Data & Music Rights

Guides and research on music rights data — royalty systems, GDPR compliance, and the future of music copyright infrastructure

GDPR & Music Data Ownership: Should We Treat Artist Data as Personal Data?

June 15, 2022

Could the data collected in connection to the artist's career be considered personal data? And if so, what would be the implications for the music data industry? We detail the issue of GDPR compliance in the music business to try and get to the bottom of it.

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Under the Hood: How Revelator Uses Data to Accelerate the Streaming Economy

December 7, 2021

Take a deep dive into the Original Works the revenue per stream estimation model that powers Revelator's daily advance program, that beats established music industry revenue distribution processes by more than 3 months

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"The job will never be finished": diving into music rights data and royalty systems with Phil Barry from Blokur

April 21, 2021

Check out our exclusive interview with Phil Barry, Founder at Blokur on how his company addresses one of the toughest issues of the publishing industry regarding royalty payments: data management.

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Music Rights and NFTs: What should we (realistically) expect?

March 26, 2021

Right now most NFT offerings can be described as simple digital collectibles. Yet, there’s a potential for NFTs in music to become so, so much more

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