by Vobile Team | Nov 8, 2022 | POLICY
At Pex, we have extensively covered the adoption of the European Union’s Copyright Directive, especially its Article 17, to help educate platforms, rightsholders, and creators on their rights and responsibilities. We have also carefully watched the development of...
by Vobile Team | Oct 5, 2022 | POLICY, RIGHTSHOLDERS
Standard Technical Measures, or STMs, are the focus of many current discussions in Washington D.C., particularly around the SMART Copyright Act of 2022 and the U.S. Copyright Office STM hearings. STMs are key to copyright legislation reform in the U.S., which aims to...
by Larry Mills | Aug 2, 2022 | RIGHTSHOLDERS
Songwriters are the foundation of the music industry, and yet they have to fight the hardest for their royalties. Not only do they make three times less than recording artists on streaming royalties, they also lack extra income sources such as touring, and it’s more...
by Vobile Team | Jun 16, 2022 | CASE STUDY
When we like something on the Internet, we love to share it with others. At Pex, we identify the reuploads of content on social media platforms to track how audio and video spread in user-generated content (UGC). Identifying content in uploads – of which there are...
by Vobile Team | Jun 1, 2022 | ARTICLE 17
In late 2019, Poland brought an action to the Court of Justice of the European Union seeking the annulment of two parts of Article 17 of the EU DSM Directive – specifically Article 17(4)(b) concerning ‘best efforts’ and the last sentence of Article17(4)(c) concerning...
by Jenny Crawford | May 25, 2022 | ARTICLE 17
We’re always honored to partner with the Music Business Association to educate rightsholders and creators about copyright, and were especially thrilled to host a panel at the 2022 Music Biz annual conference in Nashville. At Pex, we’ve been closely following copyright...
