A handful of new startups aim to apply Bitcoin’s blockchain technology to music metadata ensures artists are paid royalties from even unauthorized streams.
In a world dominated by Snapchat and streaming, nobody would be scorned for wondering whether music and the audiovisual arts have become mere ephemera.
The transparency agenda has been a response to the secretive culture surrounding the commercial deals between rights owners and digital services. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were blamed for the opacity in accounting to artists and writers.
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