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Music on social media is ubiquitous. It fuels trends, drives engagement, and enables users to connect more deeply with short-form content. For individual users performing the latest dance challenge or uploading cat videos, the ability to tap into an expansive library of music is a seamless part of the experience.
Social media today is dominated by short-form content, and music is arguably the most integral component of the medium. A single 15-second...
For years, the playbook for rights owners seeking to identify unauthorized commercial use of their content included countless hours manually sear...
Our series on unauthorized commercial music use has previously profiled the challenges and the...
Since our founding in 2016, BCGuardian has partnered with rights owners in the publishing community to mitigate unauthorized...
In our previous post introducing the AgoraVision suite, we explored how modern infringement has evolved beyond isolated piracy events into a complex ecosystem spanning multiple channels...
Copyright Registration is an integral part of the creative process, and while copyright protection is established upon a work’s creation, registration of the work with the U.S. Copyright Office adds...