In 2016, we canvassed political opinion to assess the likely outcome for the creative industries. This pointed clearly to a hard Brexit...

The Digital Single Market is part of the Europe 2020 strategy and was one of the primary political priorities of the Juncker Commission....

As Queen sang in 1984 ‘It’s a machine’s world. Don’t tell me I ain’t got no soul. When the machines take over, It ain’t no place for...

Recent major events in U.S. copyright have come in pairs. Last October, Congress enacted two bills amending the Copyright Act in its most...

In the ever-changing and digital world of copyright it is important to retain a high level overview of copyright policy developments at...

It's not what's in the 585 pages of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. It's what's been left out. The Withdrawal Agreement reads like a...

The case study of a label services company in growth. The objective for this label services company (the company) was to develop the...

It’s happened. The British people have spoken. The UK will leave the EU. We have already seen the immediate market reactions – a weaker...

How will the creative industries vote? Our mini survey can't answer that question but it does give some pointers. Creative businesses are...

How will you vote? On emotion? On personal finances? Or your vision of the future? Both campaigns have played to emotion, the fear of...

C8 Chairman Dominic McGonigal has been clothed as a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. At a ceremony at the Ironmongers’...

Consumers, musicians and the music industry are not the only ones affected by the ‘giant billboard in the sky and virtual jukebox’, read...

This ‘giant billboard in the sky and virtual jukebox’, read here, has been a bonanza for consumers and hugely disruptive for the music...

That ‘giant billboard in the sky and virtual jukebox’, read here, has led to an explosion of consumption, but most of it is free. This...

Back in 1993, when I described the Internet as ‘like a giant billboard in the sky and a virtual jukebox’ read here, I thought it would...

Source: Dissecting the Digital Dollar, MMF/CMU, 2015 In 1993, I received a phone call from Darren Henley. Yes, the Darren Henley who is...

The advent of digital has brought a host of marvellous things. Who knew content could be so interactive, responsive and tailored?...

Quite a few years ago now, the major streaming services started in Sweden, France and the USA. Spotify rapidly became dominant in the UK,...