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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, 2 Live Crew, a hip-hop group from Miami, Florida, faced several high-profile lawsuits over the alleged copyright infringement of their music. These lawsuits, particularly the group’s landmark victory in their case over the use of a sample from the song “Oh, Pretty
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Once again, taking a look at regular listening habits can help us to understand what exactly it means to be familiar. As humans, we find a sense of comfort in familiarity, or being accustomed to something. This seamlessly transfers over to music, where one might pause in the middle of their daily
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Trademarks protect the source of the idea. In your day to day life, whether you are drinking a Coke or going to Disney, you are surrounded by trademarks. As an artist, you see it more commonly in regards to names. For example, there is only one Drake, only one Eminem, and only one Lil Wayne. […]
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The top music distributors have great business models. The thing about business models is this: when they are great, that means when successful, they are making money off of you, the consumer. How much and for how long they make money off of the consumer is a whole different story. With Songflowr
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First things first. Record companies are businesses. They are constructed to be motivated by making as much money as possible for themselves and their shareholders. They are not charities that give away services to artists just because they want to lend a helping-hand. Let’s establish this point rig
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