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The growth of streaming and other online activity means song use is on the rise, generating payments to the songwriter and other stakeholders. Investors’ deals for music are also more complex. Some are buying the right to collect a certain payment stream while not owning any piece of the underlying copyright. They are also selecting specific copyrights or royalty streams for investments.
Mr. Massarsky: There is a class of artists that is successful and wants to monetize their assets and prepare themselves for the future. They are giving up the risk of anything that will happen to their future royalty streams by getting their money today. The investors are taking that risk on because they see the opportunity value going forward. That’s a pretty sophisticated business thought, and it isn’t always on the minds of many younger artists who are frankly just a bit more concerned about fairness and equity.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-calculators-behind-the-music-catalog-megadeals-11642597204
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