Legal clarity is essential to break the digital-locker-licensing stalemate

With Google (and a few others) launching digital music locker services, Music & Copyright has updated a previous blog about this subject with a shiny new table (see below). In the latest issue of the newsletter we have a look at the digital locker sector and how all the uncertainty over licensing requirements is damaging an already fragile digital-music sector.

Filed under: Digital locker, Music industry, Music subscriptions, mp3, Music industry, Music subscriptions

Amazon stirs the locker-licensing debate

Amazon has rolled out a new service in the US that allows users to store music in a digital locker that can be accessed from any PC or Android-powered mobile device. The latest issue of Music & Copyright takes a look at why the launch has prompted a significant amount of debate over its legality. Amazon claims it needs no license for simple remote storage.

Filed under: Digital locker, download, Legal, Music industry, Uncategorized, digital locker, full track, Internet, licensing, mp3, Music industry