Category: royalties

Lawsuits claim Amazon, Apple and more are streaming unlicensed music

Post author By Randall
Post date January 29, 2020
Categories In 7digital, amazon music, apple music, av, business, copyright, copyright act, copyright infringement, copyright law, deezer, Entertainment, iheartradio, lawsuit, Music, music industry, music streaming, pandora, pmr, pro music rights, rhapsody, royalties, services, soundcloud, spotify, Tech, Youtube

[ad_1] The defendants include Amazon, Apple, Deezer, Google, iHeartradio, Pandora, Rhapsody, 7digital, SoundCloud and YouTube, so this is a wide-sweeping effort on the part of PMR. The company says it has been proactive in the matter, offering licensing deals to all 10 defendants and educating them about their obligations regarding copyright laws. These efforts had […]

Spotify claims it ‘overpaid’ songwriters and wants its money back

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In av, business, copyright, copyright royalty board, Entertainment, publishing, royalties, royalty, royalty payments, songwriters, spotify, streaming, Tech

[ad_1] The entire issue stems from a decision made by the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) that would mandate higher payouts for streaming content. The increase, which would affect services like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora and others, would raise royalties by 43.8 percent over the next five years. Spotify — which reportedly pays out $0.006 […]