Apple Music va include remix-uri underground si mashup-uri

Apple Music este primul serviciu de streaming audio care va include remix-uri underground si mashup-uri ale unora dintre cei mai cunoscuti DJ din aceste segmente, cei de la Apple colaborand cu Dubset Media pentru a putea reda acest tip de inregistrari pentru utilizatori.

Problemele de licentiere ale melodiilor folosite in remix-uri undergound sau mashup-uri au fost problema principala care a impiedicat aparitia acestui tip de continut audio in serviciile de streaming audio, insa cei de la Dubset Media au rezolvat problema cu un software inteligent.

Mai exact, ei analizeaza fiecare set de melodii, idenfitica melodiile folosite in el pentru a plati licente catre detinatorii lor si asa toata lumea primeste ceea ce isi doreste, adica utilizatorii melodii pe care nu le-ar auzi in mod normal in asemenea servicii, iar creatorii de muzica bani pentru redarea lor.

Vorbim aici despre continut audio creat de catre DJ cunoscuti, dar si de catre utilizatori obisnuiti, melodiile folosite de catre ei putand apartia unui numar de maxim 600 de detinatori de drepturi multimedia, cei de la Dubstep gasind o metoda simpla de a ii identifica si plati la fiecare redare in Apple Music.

But licensing remixes and DJ mixes, both based on original recordings, is incredibly complex. A single mix could have upward of 600 different rights holders. According to CEO Stephen White, a typical mix has 25 to 30 songs that require payments to 25 to 30 record labels and anywhere from two to ten publishers for each track. MixBank matches the recordings used in the remix or DJ mix against a database of three-audio snippets from Gracenote, where White was CEO prior to joining Dubset. He says fingerprinting is a “brute force” tool that can provide MixBand with up to 100 possible matches for each three-second match.

Deocamdata nimeni nu stie cand urmeaza sa fie disponibil acest tip de continut multimedia prin Apple Music, insa de indata ce el va fi inclus, compania Apple va avea un real avantaj in fata serviciilor competitoare precum Spotify.