Blockchain technology has the power to increase financial inclusion and change the lives of many throughout the world, especially in emerging economies where it’s needed the most. While the potential of blockchain technology has been widely recognized, even among the harshest critics Bitcoin (BTC) itself, the possible use cases for blockchain technology are often thought of as limited only to the financial industry. Comparable to the emergence of the internet, the introduction of blockchain technology presents a disruptive change to the music industry. This disruptive technology presents interesting policy issues related to registering and monetizing intellectual property , policing piracy , and creating and executing more flexible contracts between and among members in the music supply chain , among others. The blockchain technology has the ability of the distributed ledger technology to steer the industry toward a distributed model and its potential to dr