In Belgium, where I live, there is an association of authors, composers and publishers that is called "Sabam".
To make a long story very short, some policiticians want to get rid of Sabam and to work with Blockchain instead. Because there are a lot of complaints about Sabam, they ask big taxes to the festivals, music authors aren't immediately paid (or totally not), the system is not clear, etc.
So to keep this industry alive, something has to change. And that's the reason why politicians are proposing Blockchain , to make everything open, clear and honest.
Here you can find the press announcement, but it's in Dutch unfortunately
http://www.jongvld.be/2017/06/27/jong-vld-wil-sabam-af/
To make a long story very short, some policiticians want to get rid of Sabam and to work with Blockchain instead. Because there are a lot of complaints about Sabam, they ask big taxes to the festivals, music authors aren't immediately paid (or totally not), the system is not clear, etc.
So to keep this industry alive, something has to change. And that's the reason why politicians are proposing Blockchain , to make everything open, clear and honest.
Here you can find the press announcement, but it's in Dutch unfortunately
http://www.jongvld.be/2017/06/27/jong-vld-wil-sabam-af/