Owning song rights entitles you to royalties which are paid out each time the song is played or reproduced.
Top investors buy directly from record companies, but with platforms like Royalty Exchange, SongVest, and Royal.io everyday investors can bid for the rights to songs & catalogs. Returns come from royalty payments as well as future appreciation.
Movies and broadway provide investment opportunities as well.
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A few days ago, Australia’s ARIA (the Australian Recording Industry Association) banned AI-generated songs from the country’s official charts.
The trigger was artist backlash, after Queensland DJ Josh Fawaz’s AI cover of Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” became the most-played song on Australian radio, reaching No. 4 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles chart.
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