According to one executive, Spotify remains “very adept” at spinning half-truths to songwriters. Spotify isn’t in good standing right now with the music industry. At least among top executives, major music publishers, and American songwriters. First, …
Category archives: CRB
Warner/Chappell Vows to Defeat Spotify’s CRB Appeal — Here’s Their Open Letter to the Industry
Warner/Chappell has lent its support against Spotify’s decision to appeal the CRB songwriter royalty increase. Last month, in a split decision, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled in favor of a 44% songwriter royalty increase on streaming musi…
From Azoff To Slipknot, Music Biz Condemns Spotify, Google Attack On Songwriter Rates Increase
Late last week Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon announced they were teaming appeal the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling increasing streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. The four will file a action with the D.C. Court of Appeals. Now, artists and the industry are reacting, condemning the tech giants and…
Apple Music Is Only Major Streamer Not Trying To Cut Songwriter Royalties
Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon are appealing the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that would increase streaming payouts to songwriters by 44%. Notably absent from the list of music tech giants is Apple Music. Under this CRB ruling, streaming services will be required to pay songwriters and publishers 15.1% of…
Court Rules Against SoundExchange In CRB Rate Dispute
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Copyright Royalty Board rate determination for non-interactive web streams for the period of 2016-2020. In 2015, the CRB established rates of $0.0017 per song play from ad-supported services, up from $0.0014 in the prior period. The CRB…
Major victory for songwriters as US mechanical royalty rates rise 44%
Landmark Copyright Royalty Board ruling changes the game in US market
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Small Webcasters Rejoice As Live365 Rises From the Dead
Let’s face it. Small podcasting is dead. There’s only room now in the market for the heavy hitters of streaming like Pandora, Apple Music, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and many more who are providing standard tech innovations and increasing their market share almost daily. With the loss of companies made to help out the little guy, there’s […]
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