Music Catalog Management: An Interview with the Founder of Media Rights Revolution
I interviewed Vadim Bondarev, founder of the music catalog management platform Media Rights Revolution (Mr2). We discussed the importance of metadata and its management. Things aren't so simple in a "do everything right" scenario.
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00:00 - About the Podcast
00:54 - Vadim Bondarev on the Media Rights Revolution Platform
03:50 - Why Maintain a Music Catalog?
11:54 - About platform capabilities: discussing deals in the platform chat
14:48 - About the amount of metadata about music
15:50 - What is metadata
22:52 - About platform capabilities: providing access to metadata
23:27 - About platform capabilities: data export and DDEX preparation
24:15 - About DDEX
25:49 - About importing/exporting music catalogs
28:26 - Linking metadata to counterparty cards
29:56 - About music license types and rights transfer
32:54 - About the global music catalog and standards
36:48 - Why are payments and royalties lost? 41:30 - The difference between the Russian and international music markets
42:47 - Obtaining ISRC and IPI codes, and music piracy
47:39 - Collecting royalties
48:21 - Platform capabilities: transactions
53:45 - Royalty distribution and financial reports
01:02:33 - Platform capabilities: Assigning roles and access levels for your team
01:03:37 - Words of gratitude