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Kobalt Capital Ltd is an investment advisory company within Kobalt Music Group Ltd., a leading global music publisher. Johan Ahlstrm explained that the goal of his company is to bridge two different worlds. On the one hand we help provide capital for artists and songwriters and on the other hand we open up a new asset class to investors. In 2011 Kobalt launched an investment fund for investing in music royalties. Once a song has been written and released it is protected as intellectual property by copyright. A copyright gives the right to the owner of a song, which is the songwriter, to earn royalty each time the song is used commercially. Compared to other intellectual property, the music business differs in its protection within the law. It has a very long duration...
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