The digital technologies advances are growing day per day, many of them are here to give us a new perspective and help us to do many things productively and efficiently. In the last years, there is considerable debate throughout how we can implement the new technologies and how they will transform the use of intellectual property rights. In this paper, we aboard this issue from the perspective of the copyrights. Many years ago, when platforms like Spotify or Apple Music came to this world, many artists and consumers were excited. Many people that were involved in the music industry saw this as a new way to reach a global market, fight piracy, and receive many economic benefits. For the consumers, the implementation of digital platforms was a new way to discover new artists and a new way to enjoy music. In the case of consumers, many of them are still thinking the same, but what about the rightsholders? For example, there is a lot of trendy artists that it is not possible to find in Spotify due to the skepticism about how beneficial it can be this kind of technology. This work looks at how beneficial it can be to the use of blockchain technology due to make a better industry that can be profitable again for the artist.

La rémunération des créateurs d’œuvres musicales est indispensable au développement et à la pérennisation de l’innovation artistique. Cette rémunération doit se faire de manière juste et équitable entre les divers acteurs de la création musicale. Pour assurer une répartition équitable des redevances musicales, le droit de la propriété intellectuelle prévoit diverses règles et mécanismes de gestion des droits d’auteur. Cependant, à l’ère du numérique, ces mécanismes ne semblent plus efficaces face au développement des technologies informatiques. À côté des règles étatiques, des règles d’origine privée se sont développées. Parmi ces règles, les règles de nature technique et informatique présentent des caractéristiques intéressantes et efficaces pour renforcer et/ou suppléer les règles étatiques de gestion des droits d’auteur. En partant du principe que l’on se trouve aujourd’hui dans une ère juridique postmoderne où se juxtaposent des règles juridiques d’origine et de nature différentes, ce mémoire se présente comme une réflexion sur le type de régulation le plus pertinent pour assurer la juste et équitable rémunération des créateurs de la musique à l’ère du numérique. / The remuneration of music creators is essential for the development and sustainability of artistic innovation. This remuneration must be fair and equitable among the various participants in the creation of music. To ensure a fair distribution of music royalties, intellectual property law sets up various rules and mechanisms of copyright management. Yet, in this digital age, these mechanisms no longer seem appropriate for the developments of such technologies. In addition to legislative rules, other rules have developed in the private sector. Among them, technical and IT rules provide interesting and efficient characteristics to reinforce and/or replace the collective management rules found in mainstream copyright law. Starting with the assumption that we are today in a postmodern legal era where legal rules of different origins and natures are juxtaposed, this dissertation is a reflection on the relevant type of regulation that is needed to ensure a fair and equitable remuneration for music creators in the digital age.