Why only services like Spotify get licensed ...

What’s the big deal?

There are now more than 500 legitimately licensed digital music services around the world from iTunes, to Nokia’s “Comes with Music”, to the hugely popular Spotify.  You might be forgiven for thinking that it is easy to get a licence to distribute and make money from selling digital music.  Think again: there is real a problem under the surface.

The fact is that there is a huge bottleneck in obtaining licences – and generally only large, well-funded licensees are able to secure or pay for licences. An analysis of fundamental negotiating needs, attitudes and bargaining power shows why this is.

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Hardbacks and Hotbytes: the future of books in a connected world ...

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