Tag: digital royalties

Just as its own three-month free trial comes to an end, Apple Music’s Jimmy Iovine has spoken out about the general culture of free and the terrible damage it is, in his eyes, causing the music business. Speaking at...

Songs Music boss Matt Pincus has warned that if digital services adopt a ‘two-class’ system for paying large and small publishers, the songwriting industry as a whole will suffer. He cites the direct deals being offered...

Major labels have been asking managers whether they should be striking “more equitable digital deals” via external consulting groups, according to veteran manager Scott Rodger, who handles Paul McCartney and Arcade Fire...

Another day, another row about whether creators will get paid for use of their content during a free trial. This time, Taylor Swift isn’t involved: it’s YouTubers wondering whether they’ll get paid for views of their...

Early this week, Kobalt announced an important new licensing deal for its AMRA collection society: a global agreement with YouTube covering more than 100 countries, excluding the US and Canada. It’s the latest coup for...

Bandcamp has defended a change in its payment process that means fans’ money is no longer flowing directly to artists. Instead, they are going through the company, which has sparked some concern and criticism from artists...

Pandora may be close to settling one of its legal problems: the question of royalties for songs recorded before 1972. The New York Post claimed yesterday that Pandora is preparing a $90m settlement with rightsholders:...

Musician and activist Blake Morgan attended the MMF’s first meeting in New York and reported back to Music Technology Policy about what the burning issues were. He said between 40 and 50 managers were in attendance and...

Independent trade body WIN has weighed into the debate about whether the US system of collective licensing should allow different rates for different suppliers. Unsurprisingly, it’s against an idea that’s being seen...

It would be flippant (but still true) to wonder when there *isn’t* a row brewing over webcasting rates in the US. But this week there’s a new angle: fears over the potential for the Copyright Royalty Board to set different...

Yesterday, we reported on the claim by ‘All About That Bass’ co-writer Kevin Kadish that the song’s 178m streams had earned him $5,679 – and we wondered what digital service those streams were on. Overnight, a spokesperson...

Streaming radio service Pandora has paid out around $500m in royalties in the last year, based on the company’s latest milestone. Having reached $1bn of total royalty payments in October 2014, yesterday the company confirmed...