The rest of the money mainly came from
licensing revenue like DVD sales, which have slacked off recently due to the rise of streaming services.
Not exact matches
Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency —
like, say, an Internal
Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a
licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.
By placing that property in a low - tax country
like Ireland, companies can save money on their tax bill whenever they generate
revenue from the
licenses sold against their IP.
And much
like Adobe and Microsoft (MSFT), Autodesk is finding that transitioning users of its core franchises from
licenses to subscriptions is both making its business more predictable and increasing its long - term
revenue opportunity with major clients.
Another Bassik prediction: «companies
like Convio and Democracy in Action will find new sources of
revenue in building «message your member of Congress» applications and
licensing them to groups for use within Facebook.»
Many educators predict that the bulk of MOOC
revenues will come from
licensing remedial courses and «gateway» introductory courses in subjects
like economics or statistics, two categories of classes that enroll hundreds of thousands of students a year.
While it may seem
like a reasonable profit for work that is already completed (once an app is released), one needs to see a return on their invested development time — but there is also a need to see
revenue to compensate for Apple
licensing, hardware, and ongoing support as required.
If you decide you don't
like their index, you'll stop
licensing it and they lose
revenue.
Now I read that even if a piece is sold, the artist: 1) Isn't informed about shipping addresses; 2) Isn't assured that they have or will be paid; 3) Is responsible for paying the buyer's sales tax bill; 4) Presumably is required to forward sales tax funds to the buyer's state department of
revenue; 5) Has money / time invested in shipping a parcel to a potential buyer who may or may not return the art a week later (
like a toaster oven); 6) Has language
like the following within their user agreement: royalty - free, sub-licensable through multiple tiers, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide right and
license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, translate, create derivative works from, publish, publicly perform and publicly display such User Content and any names, likenesses or trademarks depicted in such User Content, in any media now known or later developed, only for the purposes of developing, promoting and providing the Site.»
Access Copyright is the organization that collects and distributes
revenue to authors and publishers from photocopy
licenses negotiated with ministries of education, corporations and the
like.
iLounge further relays concerns of companies in this space, who worry that, just
like MagSafe connectors, Apple would use
licensing agreements as a tool to restrict competition, keeping all the
revenues and profits from the iOS connector and adapter market for itself.
The Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) has ruled the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) television and radio
licenses with spectrum rights containing bandwidth differences are
like - kind, or eligible for a 1031 exchange, because they were not different in nature and character, but merely grade and quality, per Private Letter Ruling 200532008.