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Pan-European licensing hub ICE Services has paid out $4.88bn to rightsholders to date - Music...
Music Business Worldwide· 4 days agoBased in the UK, Germany and Sweden, ICE represents over 330,000 rightsholders and reports to have...
Music Publishers Call for Congress to Overhaul Copyright Act
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe National Music Publishers’ Association has sent a letter to the leaders of the Judiciary...
Music Publishers Escalate Their War With Spotify
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoThe National Music Publishers Association sent a letter to Congress asking to change the way royalties from streaming services for songwriters can be...
Could Spotify lose the crucial ‘bundling’ lawsuit filed by the MLC? It all comes down to these legal...
Music Business Worldwide· 6 days agoLast month, music publishers in the US began raising the alarm about a change to the way Spotify pays out mechanical royalties to songwriters and publishers. It all started ...
Sony Music Publishing mulls ‘all options’ against Spotify over bundling subscriptions - Music...
Music Business Worldwide· 7 days agoThe dispute centers around Spotify’s decision to reclassify its Premium subscription tier as a...
Spotify’s Bundle Plan Is a ‘Betrayal.’ The NMPA Will Make a Legislative Proposal to Fight It (Guest...
Billboard via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMusic creators had enjoyed a relative period of peace with Spotify since songwriters and music...
From Spotify’s battle with music publishers to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation… it’s...
Music Business Worldwide· 2 days agoWelcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up ...
Spotify’s battle with songwriters and music publishers is getting complicated. Here’s a recap. - ...
Music Business Worldwide· 3 days agoMBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next. Only MBW+ ...
NMPA Calls on Congress for Copyright Act Overhaul Amid Spotify Battle Over Bundling
Billboard via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe benefit to taking this action is, under the compulsory royalty rates, bundles attribute less...
Spotify Must Ditch Its ‘Blatantly Dishonest’ Scheme to Deny Songwriters Their Fair Share (Guest...
Billboard via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoThe streamer’s decision to reclassify its premium subscription as a bundled service is a misguided...