The Orbeats journal

Music. Crypto.
Beyond the hype.

Ideas and perspectives on the people, rights and technology shaping the next music economy.

You bought a music NFT. What do you actually own?

A token, a recording and a copyright are three different things. Understanding the difference changes how you support artists.

A token, a recording and a copyright are three different things. Understanding the difference changes how you support artists.

Streaming counts tell only part of the story. Rights, contracts and the path from a platform to an artist explain the rest.

The useful question is not how high a token could go. It is what artists and listeners can actually do with it.