Ahdritz often said that his company was a technology company. Today, he is using the words “service provider” to explain his business. He built it around a modern IT infrastructure, already pre-empting the growth of digital music and constantly upgrading its system to meet with the requirements of the times.

Kobalt has bolstered its core business of publishing rights management over the years, adding a neighbouring rights division (2011), a labels services unit, which integrates AWAL - Artists Without A ...