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Using Tunecore’s recently released sales data, I tried to estimate the distribution of sales for this collection. And, first off, many thanks to Jeff and Tunecore for releasing these data for the rest of us to investigate. It appears life in the long tail of music sales may be rather rough. DMN has one angle [...]
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On numerous occasions over the past few months we have heard news of labels and artists disappointed with the monies they are receiving from Spotify. Since Spotify is really just one of the music services alive and kicking on the planet these days (alongside Rhapsody, MOG, Rdio, Deezer, and others), its worth investigating this matter [...]
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Just how free is Spotify free? A quick look at the terms of service once you signup provide the answer. Spotify free is free and unlimited in usage for only the first six months. After that term, users will be limited to ten (10) hours of free listening in any month, with a cap of [...]
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CISAC Global Copyright Summit
I recently gave a presentation as part of CISAC’s 2011 World Copyright Summit in Brussels. Many thanks to the Emmanuel Legrand and Marianne Rollet for their invitation to participate in and present at this event. A “lean back” version of the presentation is below. Sorry, I haven’t had time to do a voiceover. A number [...]
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Here is a video version of the presentation for my dissertation defense (except the nerdy slides with regression tables and such have been removed). The dissertation was titled, Ghosts in the Shell: An Investigation of the Link Between Automation and the Nature of Work. Anyone who has completed and defended their dissertation knows that the [...]
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