SaltSet The Record Straight.4.0 out of 5
4.0 out of 5
Hot take
Salt positions itself as a next-gen rights management and royalty processing platform, aiming to make music payments more accurate and transparent. With heavyweight industry backers and deals like The Mechanical Licensing Collective and BumaStemra, Salt is rapidly expanding its influence and pushing much-needed efficiency into the murky world of music royalties. Its recent acquisition of Session, a credits startup, also hints at a broader ambition to fix music metadata and attribution at the source. However, as a newer player, its efficacy for everyday independent creators is still being proven, and much of the buzz is focused on big industry partnerships rather than grassroots adoption. If Salt truly delivers on its promise of fairer, faster payments, it's a welcome disruption for a notoriously slow, legacy sector.
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Pros
Modernizes rights management and royalty processing
Emphasizes transparency and fairness in payments
Powerful industry partnerships (MLC, BumaStemra)
Acquisition of Session could improve metadata accuracy
Board includes respected music industry veterans
High-speed and global operations
Cons
Unclear how much value it brings directly to independent creators so far
Still new, so long-term reliability is unproven
Focus appears more on B2B and large rights societies
Limited hands-on user feedback from grassroots artists
Key Features
High-speed royalty processing
Transparent rights management
Global royalty attribution and distribution network
Integration of music credits and metadata solutions
Flexible SaaS back-office for music societies
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