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Surprise! YouTube Slashed Its Royalty Rate by 50% Last Year

July 12, 2016

YouTube and Vevo streams increased 132% last year, but revenue paid to artists only increased 15%. Make sense? The argument over whether YouTube is paying labels and artists fairly has been intensifying for... Read More...

Tidal Says $5 Million Lawsuit Is Total Bulls–t

Paul Resnikoff

March 1, 2016

Earlier this week, Tidal was slapped with a $5 million lawsuit over unpaid mechanical royalties, similar to at $150 million class action against Spotify. Now, Tidal is responding in no uncertain words. ... Read More...

SoundExchange Still Not Paying Arcade Fire, Fleetwood Mac, N.W.A, Eazy-E, Jimi Hendrix, Motörhead, Jerry Garcia, and 100+ Other Artists…

Paul Resnikoff

February 28, 2016

If you want to fix the music industry, here's one place to start: SoundExchange. SoundExchange is a music industry organization tasked with administering hundreds of millions in royalties from Pandora, Siriu... Read More...

It’s Your Copyright. Don’t Apologize for Defending It.

Peter Csathy

August 27, 2015

The following guest post comes from Peter Csathy, a venture capitalist, media/tech executive, journalist, and CEO at Manatt Digital Media. We live in a world where many share the belief that content is ‘... Read More...

5 Ways to Fix the Streaming Music Crisis

Yves Riesel

August 7, 2015

1. Stop free use, and develop users' willingness to pay. Amongst the millions of ‘users’ that streaming services claim, the proportion of real subscribers who pay the advertised price is an absolute minority... Read More...

Beatport Somehow Didn’t Experience an Issue Paying the Major Labels

Nina Ulloa

August 7, 2015

On Wednesday, DMN posted a letter Beatport sent to artists. The letter said Beatport needed to hold off on artist payments because of decisions made by their parent company, SFX. I guess that's what hap... Read More...

Why the Music Industry Is Starting to Hate YouTube…

Paul Resnikoff

July 27, 2015

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Surprise! YouTube Slashed Its Royalty Rate by 50% Last Year

Tidal Says $5 Million Lawsuit Is Total Bulls–t

SoundExchange Still Not Paying Arcade Fire, Fleetwood Mac, N.W.A, Eazy-E, Jimi Hendrix, Motörhead, Jerry Garcia, and 100+ Other Artists…

5 Ways to Fix the Streaming Music Crisis

Beatport Somehow Didn’t Experience an Issue Paying the Major Labels

Why the Music Industry Is Starting to Hate YouTube…

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