Skip to content

  • News
  • Data
  • People
  • Places
  • Events
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Guest Column
  • Search

Tag: streaming

$550M Springsteen Catalogue Sale is Biggest Ever; Capital Gains Taxes and Low Interest Rates May Have Played a Role

December 21, 2021 Bruce Berman

With the backing of leading private equity funds and record labels, celebrity singer-song writers such as Bob Dylan, Prince and Neil Young, are cashing in on strong long-term demand

Continue reading

The Strange Economics of Streaming May Add Up for Fans But Not For Most Musicians

June 8, 2021 Bruce Berman

Streaming may have saved the recording industry from the loss of CD sales, but it has not helped most musicians earn a basic living. Recent

Continue reading

Listeners Yearn for the Sound of Classic Tunes, Feeding Investor Interest in Copyrights

December 14, 2020 Bruce Berman

With the pandemic curtailing live performance and new acts scarce to emerge, listeners turning to classics by rock artists like Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift

Continue reading

Music royalty streams are attracting the interest of yield-hungry investors

October 8, 2019 Bruce Berman

How songs get distributed and owners compensated for them have upended the music industry. Through it all, copyright royalties have remained attractive – especially when

Continue reading

Why a $1.6B billion law suit for non-payment of royalties is not likely to affect Spotify’s March IPO

February 12, 2018 Bruce Berman

Spotify recently filed confidential plans for an initial public offering to take place on March 31 on the New York Stock Exchange were thrown a curve

Continue reading

Royalty rates paid musicians decline for some streaming services

January 29, 2018 Bruce Berman

When it comes to getting paid, the bigger streaming service is not necessarily better for most musicians and song writers. While the revenue and market

Continue reading

Apple is seeking to cut license royalties paid to record labels

July 2, 2017 Bruce Berman

While the share of revenue from streaming paid to record labels and recording artists is rising, Apple Inc., among the fairest licensees in on-line music,

Continue reading

IPWatchdog LIVE

C-IP2 Annual Conference

LES Annual Meeting

Podcast Series

IPBasics.org

Celebrating World IP Day

OPEN Innovation Conference

IP Awareness Summit 2022

Diversity in Innovation

Top-50 Blog

IP CloseUp was selected as among the top 50 of Feedspot’s 100 Intellectual Property Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2018.

Covid, innovation & IP Rights

News and Analysis

Independent Non-Profit

Follow us on Twitter + LinkedIn

Twitter

Pubic IP Company Index

Enter your email address to receive IP CloseUp posts by email, Twitter or LinkedIn.

IP Messaging + Marketing

IP Investor Series

Bruce Berman’s Books Published by J. Wiley & Sons

About The Editor


Bruce Berman is a long-time IP observer, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks latest trends and developments, including data, strategy and performance.

Since founding Brody Berman Associates in 1988 Bruce has been working with IP holders, executives and investors, as well as more than 80 law firms and their clients. In 2016 he founded the Center for IP Understanding, an independent non-profit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since 2011 and is a member of its Hall of Fame Academy.

Bruce is responsible for five books, including the best-seller "From Ideas to Assets." He wrote The Intangible Investor column for every issue of IAM Magazine from 2003-2020, which he now contributes to IP Watchdog. IP CloseUp has generated more than 265,000 visits over the past five years. For Bruce's full bio, visit www.brodyberman.com or click below.


Brody Berman

Readers Favorites

  • Taylor Swift relies on clout and class to secure a unique streaming deal for fellow musicians
  • “Kearn’s Son Still Fuming Over Wiper Blade Fight”
  • “Men of Progress” depicts U.S. inventing’s past, present and future
  • For Samsung charity begins at “home,” Marshall, Texas
  • “Leading Brands Increasingly have the Most Valuable Patents”
  • “Patent quality — Is a “shared responsibility”, says IBM; it does not represent invention quality or IP value”
  • “The Intangible Investor : A Curious Journey”

Useful IP Sources

  • 4iP Council
  • Brody Berman
  • Center for IP Understanding
  • Copyright Alliance
  • Global Innovation Policy Center
  • IAM Blog
  • Innovation Alliance
  • INTA
  • IP Awareness Summit 2018
  • IP Finance
  • IP Kat
  • IP Strategy
  • IP Watch
  • IP Watchdog
  • IPPro Patent
  • Managing Intellectual Property
  • Open Invention Network
  • Patent Legislation
  • Patent Quality Initiative
  • PatentlyO
  • PatentVue
  • Save the Inventor
  • USPTO
  • VentureWell

Tags

Alibaba Amazon Apple artificial intelligence AT&T bitcoin blockchain brands Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) China CIPU content copyright copyrights counterfeits education Facebook Google Huawei IAM iam magazine IBM innovation intangible assets intellectual property Intellectual Ventures InterDigital invention inventions Inventors investing investors IP awareness IP CloseUp IP CloseUp 30 IP education IP literacy IP Watchdog licensing litigation Microsoft NPEs patent licensing patent litigation patent quality patents patents on wall street patent transactions Patent Trial and Appeal Board patent trolls Philips PIPCOs PTAB Qualcomm R&D Rambus royalties RPX S&P 500 Samsung Silicon Valley Software Spotify Technology Tessera The Intangible Investor The New York Times trademarks trade secrets Transactions USPTO Wall Street Wall Street and patents WIPO YouTube

IP Awareness Summit

World IP Forum

IP Dealmakers

© 2012-2022, CloseUp Media

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • ipcloseup.com
    • Join 1,745 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • ipcloseup.com
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...