Press Release: House of Commons, Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee: New Report: Economics of music streaming
The UK Parliament Digital Culture Media & Sport Committee releases its barn burning report on the economics of streaming.
Category: Streaming Meltdown
@ashleyjanamusic’s Video Tells You All You Need to Know About Spotify’s Attitude Toward Artists
Spotify exec says come for the exposure, stay for the mansplaining.
Riding the Third Rails: Making the case at WIPO for performer streaming remuneration
I recently co-authored a study for the World Intellectual Property Organization that was quoted by leading artists in a letter calling on the UK Prime Minister to support equitable remuneration for streaming.
The 50 Dollar Handshake Goes to Washington: Payola, Spotify and Steering Agreements
Congress finally caught on to Spotify “payola”
International Federation of Musicians @fim_musicians Statement on Online Music, the Big Pool and User Centric
Session players and vocalists get zero from streaming. The International Federation of Musicians wants to change that.
Must Watch: Björn Ulvaeus Emerges as a Leader for Songwriters (@CISACNews)
Björn Ulvaeus explains the current plight of songwriters in the streaming economy.
COVID Misery Index Rent is Too Damn High Edition
Streaming royalties based on revenue are doomed to fall short until they include the value transfer in the share price.
Streaming and the Embarrassment of COVID Riches
We’re starting to see a narrative emerging from the digital music services in reaction to artists chafing under the misery of streaming royalties. Streamers want lawmakers to focus attention on the allocation of current period revenue that they pay to creators and deflect attention from the company’s stock market valuation (or private company valuation). That’s […]
UK Parliament’s Inquiry into the Economics of Streaming
Thanks to the #BrokenRecord campaign and especially Tom Gray of Gomez, the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee is conducing an inquiry into the economics of streaming. (Attention Lindsay Graham and Jerry Nadler). You can read about it here and consider giving evidence. Watch on Parliament TV: Economics of music streaming or […]
Here Comes the New Dark Age: Blanket Licenses for Everything Based on MMA
Cory Doctorow has a post on the EFF’s Deep Thoughts…sorry…Deep Links blog that proposes “A Plan to Pay Artists.” MTP readers probably need no further information to know what’s coming next without even reading Mr. Doctorow’s post. It’s the old ISP licensing hash rehashed and served up as if nothing happened–but using The MLC as […]
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