Change history

• April 9th, 2026
  • Removed Benji Rogers, "Benji Rogers, "How the Blockchain and VR Can Change the Music Industry (Part 2)", Medium -- Cuepoint (February 24, 2016), read all from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Benji Rogers, "How the Blockchain and VR Can Change the Music Industry (Part 1)," Medium -- Cuepoint (November 23, 2015), read all from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Rethink Music (an Initiative of Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship), "Fair Music: Transparency and Payment Flows in the Music Industry," Berklee College of Music (July 2015), skim all from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Mike Masnick, "Understanding David Lowery's Lawsuit Against Spotify: The Insanity of Music Licensing," Techdirt (January 5, 2015), read all from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Ben Sisario, "David Lowery Sues Spotify for Copyright Infringement," The New York Times (December 29, 2015) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed DIGITAL SALES AND DISTRIBUTION (2 OF 2): Revenues and Accounting Practices, Transparency in Royalty Accounting, Rightsowner Identification, Rights Registries, and Challenges to the Licensing Paradigm (Spring 2026) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Justice At Spotify - Union of Musicians and Allied Workers — UMAW from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Edited Dylan Smith, "Apple Music and Amazon Music Are Paying More Than Double Spotify’s Per-Stream Royalty Rate, Report Finds," Digital Music News (January 24, 2025)
  • Edited David Pakman, "The Price of Music," Disruption (David Pakman's Blog) (Mar 18, 2014)
  • Added John Baccigaluppi, "Liz Pelly: Music Streaming: Helping People Think Less," Tape Op (Nov 2025)
  • Added Tim Ingham, "Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Bids to Buy Universal Music Group in $64 Billion Deal," Music Business Worldwide (April 7, 2026)
• March 26th, 2026
  • Edited Ben Sisario, David McCabe, and Olivia Bensimon, "Justice Department and Live Nation Reach Settlement Terms in Antitrust Case," The New York Times (March 9, 2026)
• March 17th, 2026
  • Edited Latham & Watkins Client Alert, "The ELVIS Act: Tennessee Shakes Up Its Right of Publicity Law and Takes On Generative AI" (April 8, 2024)
• March 3rd, 2026
  • Edited Neil Strauss, "File-Sharing Battle Leaves Musicians Caught in Middle," The New York Times (September 14, 2003)
• February 21st, 2026
  • Edited Form / Template "360 Deal," focus on Pars. 10 - 14, skim remaining provisions
• February 18th, 2026
  • Edited Form / Template "360 Deal," focus on Pars. 10 - 14, skim remaining provisions
  • Edited M. William Krasilovsky and Sydney Shemel, with Contributions by John M. Gross and Jonathan Feinstein, This Business of Music, 10th Ed. , Billboard Books (2007), read Ch. 2, “Recording Artist Contracts," pp. 14 - 28
• February 12th, 2026
  • Removed Evan Brown, "Downloading a song is not a performance under the Copyright Act," Internet Cases (September 29, 2010) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Paula Parisi, "Copyright Royalty Board Boosts Songwriters’ Streaming Pay Nearly 50%," Variety (January 27, 2018) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Anita Wadhwani, "Hitched to a Star," The Tennessean (January 2, 2011) (.pdf) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Al Kohn and Bob Kohn, "Kohn on Music Licensing, 4th Ed." (Aspen Publishers 2010) , read pp. 103-138, 159-175; skim remaining pages (.pdf) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Added Kurt Dahl, "The 3 Types of Music Publishing Agreements (and why they’re important)," LawyerDrummer
  • Added Todd Brabec & Jeff Brabec, "Songwriter and Music Publisher Agreements: A Relationship Necessary for Success"
  • Added Tunecore, How Music Publishing Works: Music Publishing Administration 101
• February 1st, 2026
  • Edited Henley v. Devore, Case No. 8:09-cv-00481-JVS-RNB (C.D. Cal.), Declaration of Lawrence Ferrara in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (April 8, 2010) (.pdf), read Pars. 1 - 5; 31 - 33; 44 - 47
  • Edited Henley v. Devore, Case No. 8:09-cv-00481-JVS-RNB (C.D. Cal.), Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (June 10, 2010) (.pdf), read Section I (pp. 1 - 3) and Sections III(A)(1), III(A)(1)(i) (pp. 5 - 19)
• January 16th, 2026
  • Removed Tim Ingham, "Confirmed: From Next Year, Tracks on Spotify Will Have to be Played 1,000 Times Before They Start Earning Money," Music Business Worldwide (November 5, 2023) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Removed Spotify, "Modernizing Our Royalty System to Drive an Additional $1 Billion toward Emerging and Professional Artists," Spotify.com (November 21, 2023) from MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2026)
  • Added Jen Aswad, "Led by Taylor Swift, U.S. Vinyl Sales Rose for 19th Consecutive Year," Variety (January 14, 2026)
  • Added Murray Stassen, "Music Streaming Platforms Now Host Quarter of a Billion Tracks. Where Does it End?," Music Business Worldwide (January 14, 2026)
• January 9th, 2026
  • Casebook first published.