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…
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Music Publishers Issue ‘Fact Check’ Of Spotify Blog Post ‘Attempting To Deceive’ Songwriters
Spotify has released a blog post laying out their decision to join Amazon, Pandora and Google in appealing a US Copyright Board decision that would raise streaming payments to songwriters by 44%, over time. Now, David Israelite of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has issued point-by-point "fact check" of…
How Spotify could pinch back over $320m from songwriters with its new legal appeal
What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board’s new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers
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Spotify accused of ‘giant lie’ as it defends attempt to block songwriter pay rise in the US
“They must think artists and songwriters are stupid. They are not.”
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Spotify and Amazon ‘sue songwriters’ with appeal against 44% royalty rise in the United States
“These big tech bullies do not respect or value the songwriters who make their businesses possible.”
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A 44% streaming royalty rise is now locked in for US songwriters – so long as the likes of Spotify don’t ‘declare war’
Streaming companies will ‘declare war on songwriters’ if they appeal the streaming royalty rise, says David Israelite
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Music Modernization Act: Labels and publishers back NMPA’s bid to run new mechanical rights society
Universal, Sony and Warner, as well as indies, support publisher org’s application
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Echoing SOPA and PIPA, the Music Industry Renews Calls for Widespread Site-Blocking
Once again, without truly understanding the consequences, the music industry has pushed for widespread site-blocking to take on piracy. But what does the RIAA stand to benefit from the effort? Eight years ago, the Recording Industry Association of Ame…
The RIAA and NMPA Warn Ninth Circuit Judge to Overturn ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Ruling
According to both the RIAA and the NMPA, should Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ forced retrial stand, expect a flood of new copyright infringement claims. Last September, on the group’s 50th anniversary, a federal judge presented Led Zeppelin with …
The Trouble with SiriusXM’s Opposition to the Music Modernization Act
NMPA chief David Israelite responds to op/ed which decried the objectives of the MMA bill
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