Stuart Cohen: Content Rights Holders Must Accept 20% Unauthorized Usage
Stuart Cohen · Licensing Revenue Dropped Tenfold in 15 Years. Now What? · Jun 20, 2025 · at 13:37
Stuart Cohen, CEO of media licensing company SuperStock, discusses digital copyright enforcement strategy and retail-style shrinkage in media licensing.
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“You're just figuring, look, you know, there's gonna be 20%, hopefully it's only 20% illegal usage, and you just gotta let it go.”
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