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Metallica got censored in a weird way for a weird reason

Metallica was booked to perform a virtual gig at BlizzCon, which is an annual event dedicated to the video games

YouTube won’t be helping musicians track down and demand payment from people who use tiny snippets of their music –

If telecom companies in Canada have their way, it’s possible net neutrality will be limited in the Great White North

As expected, the US Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted along party lines to repeal Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Just

Here’s producer T-Bone Burnett explaining why the Internet hasn’t turned out what it was supposed to be–especially for musicians. T

In what’s bound to be viewed a scary decision for internet service providers (ISPs), Cox Communications, a cable and internet

A federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated

‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has within it something called “safe harbour” provisions, intended to protect internet providers from

An early cloud service for the storing and sharing of MP3s was led by a CEO who knowingly encouraged his

October 12, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment DMCA, Facebook

Cover videos are really popular on YouTube. People set up a camera and recorded themselves singing and performing a favourite

Revenue Architects… Beyond the : 30-second spot – Derek Myers, Christos Nikitopoulos, Kevin Worsley in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 030 May 4, 2021
Well behind the scenes in the media business lurks smart folks who really know their way around a spreadsheet. They’re the ones who have charted out and flighted all the commercials, billboards, features and other innovative forms of sponsor integration. We’re of course referring to… revenue management. If you’ve never heard of this career path, […]
Mark Silver
King of the Deal – Phil King in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 029 April 26, 2021
Sports fans today can watch more games and global competitions than we could have possibly imagined, even 20 years ago. For those of us that can remember, which generally means Boomers and Gen-X, there really weren’t many sports to watch until the advent of pay-TV in the mid-80s, which saw the dawn of specialty channels […]
Mark Silver
Leading the pack in the Sports Betting Race – Jim Lawson in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 028 April 20, 2021
For several years, the legalization of single-event sports betting and the planned provincially controlled roll-out has been a hot topic. During that time, Woodbine Entertainment‘s astute executives have been watching and waiting while investing in the media and digital technologies that will be needed in a Canadian landscape where offshore behemoths are permitted to operate […]
Mark Silver