[2] BlueBeat CEO Hank Risan started BlueBeat to restore degraded 20th century sound recordings, develop and patent a Serial Copy Management System (SCMS), protect digital content from piracy, and ensure that artists and composers receive due compensation for their works.
[1] BlueBeat uses proprietary and patent-pending technology to create sound-alike recordings of previously recorded musical works, called “Psycho-Acoustic Simulations,” based on psychoacoustics, a branch of science that studies the psychological and physiological responses associated with sound (including speech and music).
To protect the simulations, BlueBeat Music licensed the Media Rights Technologies’ SCMS Patent Portfolio to monetize and secure its content.
"[9][10] In court filings, BlueBeat asserted that it legally licensed the Beatles simulations and was paying royalties due.
[11] BlueBeat further claimed that it lawfully simulated the Beatles songs under the sound-alike provision of Section 114 (b) of the Copyright Act.