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Invention Licensing Today May Be Easier for Some Without Patents Than With

November 17, 2022 Bruce Berman

The news in much of the inventing community is often doom and gloom, but for Stephen Key, a successful creator and entrepreneur, the opportunities faced

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‘People Shouldn’t Expect Intellectual Property to be Free — Without it America Would be Nothing’

January 25, 2022 Bruce Berman

In the latest episode of ‘Understanding IP Maters,’ the podcast that looks at the IP stories of creators who became successful entrepreneurs, movie producer and

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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

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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

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Lawyer aspires to copyright all possible melodies for the public domain – Not Everyone is Singing his Tune

March 19, 2020 Bruce Berman

Is it possible to copyright every possible melody? A lawyer says he has and that it is good for musicians and the music industry. Not

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Lack of leadership fuels IP awareness ‘disconnect’ – the high cost of confusion

June 17, 2019 Bruce Berman

The IP community, dismayed by poor regard for patents, trademarks and other rights, and confusion over what purpose they serve, have done surprisingly little to

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Taylor Swift relies on clout and class to secure a unique streaming deal for fellow musicians

January 28, 2019 Bruce Berman

“With great power comes great responsibility.” Whether it was Voltaire or Peter Parker (Spiderman’s Uncle Ben) who said it does not much matter. The important

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How Spotify can survive the size of Apple, Amazon, Google & YouTube

December 18, 2018 Bruce Berman

The streaming genie is out of the bottle. There is no going to back to CD sales or downloading as the primary model for music

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Taylor Swift assists recording artists, Apple Music, and (even) herself

July 27, 2016 Bruce Berman

Taylor Swift, a pop star with sufficient power to move mountains, succeeded in moving an equally resolute object last year: Apple Music’s position on paying royalties to

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Angry musicians are pushing back on royalties – Will inventors follow?

November 5, 2015 Bruce Berman

Song writers may have something to teach inventors when it comes to getting a fair share for their intellectual property rights, or not.   Confusion

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