A DJ’s Guide to Navigating Copyright Issues in a Livestream World

The music industry took a major beating from the pandemic, and DJs found themselves taking some of the most significant blows.

Rebecca Smart Bakken
7 min readMay 26, 2021

In the world of music marketing, copyright issues have always been a challenge. But the mass departure from traditional marketing to an influx of online performances spotlighted just how unprepared social media platforms were for this live stream takeover.

Can you imagine the copyright claims and issues that popped up when the entire music community went online seemingly overnight?

Music is a universal language, but when it came to marketing it almost exclusively online, a lot was getting lost in translation.

The Day The Music Died

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Rebecca Smart Bakken

Founder of SMART Music Agency. Driving change in the new music industry through innovative marketing strategies. Specialising in content marketing for musicians