Blockchain Could Help Musicians Make Money Again

in blockchain •  8 years ago 

As a musician, I want to encourage other artists to collaborate with my music. But recently, a visual artist had all of his Vimeo videos taken down for using just 30 seconds of one of my songs. The label that exclusively licenses one of my songs likely had a bot looking for copyright infringement that automatically took it down. I hear the artist now has them back online after a few weeks of hair loss and negotiations. I’d personally like to avoid these types of situations in the future, which means providing an easy way for others to license and collaborate with my music. A blockchain-empowered rights and payments layer could provide the means to do so.

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This is fascinating... I've got some tertiary experience with music licensing, and if something like this caught hold, this would be the final nail in the major labels' coffins!

It is time musicians have a better say in what and the way they get paid. I hope this article will give some ideas and help in some way.