MusicTank

Dec 01, 2009

BPI Digital Distribution Guide For Independents

Nov 16, 2009

Digital Music's Carbon Impact

This position paper on digital music and carbon impacts is a response to the small number of research documents, including one by Julie's Bicycle, that examine energy use and carbon reduction associated with recorded music, with an emphasis on digital. It specifically recommends some further research into downloading and streaming.

Nov 04, 2009

How To Dance To ARPU When Licensees Call The Tune

This PRS for Music insight paper presents a case study on Spotify and then explores the concept of Average Revenue Per User, to inform both rights holders and users about what the acronym implies, and how it might mislead those in the digital music supply chain.

Aug 25, 2009

UK Government Statement On Proposed P2P Legislation

The thinking on the process supporting the objectives and obligations of the June 16th consultation paper (following publication of Digital Britain) has developed. This paper updates on these developments and invites public comment, extending the deadline for responses to September 29th 2009.

Jul 22, 2009

Licensing Act 2003 - Case Study: St Albans District Council, 2009.

This report is a study of St Albans District Council’s implementation of the Licensing Act 2003 and the impact on the district's live music scene.

Jul 20, 2009

Adding Up The Music Industry For 2008

In the autumn of last year, PRS for Music published Recession and Royalties which asked a timely and pre-emptive question: "If the UK economy is about to enter a downturn, what does that mean for music?". That paper also provided a simple table showing what’s at stake. By adding up the industry for 2007, total revenues came to £3.2 billion with an 80/20 rule in place: eighty percent of revenue came from the consumer, and the remaining twenty percent from business-tobusiness. That table was an important first stab at working out what music was worth in the UK. Here, we revisit that table to provide a more insightful understanding of how to ‘add up the music industry’ for 2008.

Jun 30, 2009

A Price For Music

Officially launched at Musexpo's recent London conference (30.06.09), 'A Price for Music Model' is an online tool which strives to enable artists and music rights holders predict the outcome of different strategies for tackling digital piracy on the music industry’s revenue fortunes to generate industry debate on how best to tackle copyright infringement.

May 14, 2009

The Licensing Act 2003 Report

Published on 14.05.09, this is the sixth report published since the inception of the Act. Despite the Act being deemed an overall success, the report expresses concerns that the Act may be "hampering live music performances especially by young musicians, who often get their first break through performing live at small venues such as pubs". It also calls for the scrapping of thecontroversial Metropolitan Police's Promotion and Event Assesment Form, Form 696.

Mar 10, 2009

"Let's Sell Recorded Music!"

Following-on from last year’ event series of the same name, this report analyses the relationships between the recordings business, ISPs, consumers and Government, in an attempt to help foster progress towards compelling legal alternatives to unlicensed file sharing.

Feb 09, 2009

Impacts And Opportunities: Reducing The Carbon Emissions Of CD Packaging

Julie's Bicycle has brought together the UK music industry in an unprecedented show of strength and commitment to undertkae joint initiatives that will significantly reduce our C02 emissions. CD packaging is one of the music industry’s largest sources of direct GHG emissions, accounting for a third of recording and publishing, and at least 10% of the total emissions, from the UK music market. This report collects the combined research, expertise, wisdom and goodwill gathered over noine months and presents us as an industry - but also as a collection of intelligent, concerned and responsible human beings - with a 95% reduction challenge for CD packaging.