Ramsay Eyre

WHEN COMPANIES RUN THE COURTS is out today. It tells how the Supreme Court created a shadow justice system where companies pay judges, and where people almost always lose. You are a part of this system. Get the book and find out how to escape: shorturl.at/D0KZ0

For Spotify users - if you are wondering where your (steadily increasing) subscription fees are going, it's (partly) here: ft.com/content/0ca32f…

Another day, another giant merger, this one in the music industry. Cory Booker's CLEAN Mergers Act that would undo these monstrosities is more important than ever. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

And check out my article here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Honored that my article, The Platformization of Music, has been included among the @LPEblog's Best New LPE Scholarship, alongside so many people whose work I admire. Check out the full list here: lpeproject.org/blog/some-of-t…

Any member of Congress can introduce a bill breaking up Ticketmaster. Just say no one can own a ticketing platform and have control over venues or do event promotion.

@brodieconley Thank you!

This is good stuff 👌🏻

The Platformization of Music, my new paper on the political economy of music streaming, is now up on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Took 33 years for these guys to be vindicated. #BreakUpTicketmaster

@MatthewSitman @KnowYrEnemyPod Congratulations!

We put out into the world the first episode of @KnowYrEnemyPod on May 6, 2019—almost seven years ago. Words fail to describe how profoundly grateful I am that I get to do this work with two friends I love, and that so many of you support us with your time and treasure

It’s official: a jury found that Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly. I am so proud to have filed this case on 2024. This may be the most popular antitrust case ever. Kudos to the State AGs for finishing the job. The rule of law is alive and well.

Great piece by the inimitable @jennifermharris. If AI is really going to change the way we work and live, we need to be thinking about different models of organizing work and the economy. "One especially promising fix is to incentivize more firms to convert into worker-owned cooperatives, building on modest federal support passed in 2022."

The bipartisan policy in the U.S. of never holding ruling elites accountable has terrible consequences for the whole world

More to come on this, including with my colleagues at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator. Stay tuned! 13/end

Each of these approaches has the potential to make the political economy of music work better for musicians and all those who love music - not just the wealthy platform executives whose profit motives govern the industry today. 12/13

Glad to share that my article, The Platformization of Music, is out now in @columbiajla. 🧵1/13. journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/lawa…