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“Justice at Spotify” campaign launched by Union of Musicians and Allied Workers

A new artist-focused campaign has been launched in the US by the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers that aims to redress what it sees as an imbalance in the…

British songwriters call for equitable streaming deals

Songwriters in the UK have launched a new campaign this week that calls for a more equitable revenue split of streaming royalties. The “Keep Music Alive” campaign urges changes to…

Digital music distributors seek royalty reduction in US courts

This is something that we in Europe may not be aware of, but that will affect us in the future. Google, Spotify and Pandora are in the US courts right…

2019-2020 Streaming price bible released

This report from the excellent Trichordist website is essential Sunday morning reading for anybody wondering how the next generation of songwriters is going make a living. The most alarming takeaway…

Your Music, Your Future

A new campaign targeting the fair remuneration of composers has recently launched. Operating under the banner “Your Music, Your Future”, the campaign is dedicated to educating composers and creators about…

How a failed economic theory still rules the digital music marketplace

This great article is an essential read for anybody that wants to know how the digital music ecosystem got into this state. In summary, music streaming services were built on…

Value of UK’s live music scene hits record high

Today the Guardian newpaper reported a new study that reveals live music is worth £1.1bn to Uk economy with industry as a whole put at £5.2bn. This is great news…

Global Collections on behalf of Creators Hit €9.7bn

We have spent recent summers in Paris working on the CISAC Global Collections Report and the latest 2019 edition is published today. It tracks and analyses the earnings collected on…

Streaming platforms to appeal against decision to increase songwriter royalties

A report published by Variety has described plans by Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon to team up in an appeal to overturn a U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling that could…

Introducing Fair Trade Music

This is an amazing Japanese hip-hop artist that we discovered on Spotify this week. There is zero chance we would have even found this artist a few years ago and…