Imagine the music industry as a giant game where a few huge platforms hold all the rulebooks and the scoreboard. This work creates a way to peek at those rulebooks and see if the game is actually fair for the artists. It's like building a nutrition label for streaming services so creators know exactly how they are being treated and paid.
Music creators and industry partners lack transparency in how streaming platforms and algorithms distribute value. This creates an unfair environment where the largest platforms dominate the economic benefits of the music sector.
A data-sharing model for copyright infrastructure, a Music Data Dashboard for economic statistics, a Fairness Score toolkit for ranking platforms, and a policy White Paper.
If you are a digital audio platform dealing with pressure for better transparency — this project developed a Fairness Score that ranks services based on multiple facets of fairness. This allows a company to benchmark its practices against competitors to attract more creators.
If you are a law firm dealing with complex copyright disputes in the streaming era — this project developed a data-sharing model for the music copyright infrastructure. This tool helps lawyers better understand the economic value and legal rights of their clients.
If you are a management agency dealing with opaque royalty streams — this project developed a Music Data Dashboard providing statistical insights on the economic value of the sector. This enables managers to negotiate better contracts based on actual market data.
Based on available project data, no pricing or cost information is provided as the project is EU-funded research.
The project aims to provide a data-sharing model and a dashboard for the European music sector, suggesting a scale intended for the entire EU music ecosystem.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, though it focuses on creating a data-sharing model agreement.
The project analyzes EU law, specifically copyright, contract law, platform regulation, and competition law.
The project period is from 2023-03-01 to 2026-02-28, with results being implemented in the second phase.
The consortium is heavily academic, with 7 universities and 1 research center, meaning the output is grounded in deep legal and economic theory. However, the inclusion of 1 industry partner and an Advisory Board of industry experts ensures that the 4 research hubs (political, legal, economic, and data-driven) produce practical tools rather than just theoretical papers.
Contact Universidade Católica Portuguesa, specifically the Research for the Future of Law department.
Contact us to get early access to the Fairness Score methodology.
