David Herlihy

It’s a perfect question for David Herlihy, an intellectual property, new media and entertainment lawyer who also teaches at Northeastern University in Boston. =

“One of the things that record labels historically do is prevent artists from rerecording their early versions of songs, because they wanna have those recordings in their catalog,” said David Herlihy, an intellectual property, new media and entertainment lawyer who also teaches at Northeastern University in Boston. “Which is ridiculous.”

Swift keeps 105% of her average Era’s Tour ticket price of $456 because concert promoters are so happy to have their venues filled by her fans, according to my April 2023 interview with Northeastern University Professor David Herlihy.

“It was a boneheaded move,” says David Herlihy, a copyright lawyer and music industry professor at Northeastern University. “A miscalculation.”

Building a booming business in streaming music without taking on any of the legwork of striking deals with labels and distributors. That causes David Herlihy, a copyright lawyer and music industry professor at Northeastern University, to describe Musi as a “bottom feeder.” 

In addition to ticket sales, David Herlihy, a professor at Northeastern University, noted that Swift fans are always keen to fork out for merchandise and other paraphernalia.

As David Herlihy, a Northeastern University teaching professor and music industry program coordinator, told me in April. “Her promoter should be happy to pay her more because the promoter does not have to assume any risk that her concerts will not sell out.”

Northeastern University Professor David Herlihy talks about “Swiftonomics”, the economic impact of Taylor Swift “Eras” tour which comes to Foxboro this weekend.