{"id":10007,"date":"2019-03-20T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2019-03-20T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T14:34:45","slug":"songwriters-music-publishers-receive-44-streaming-rate-increase-spotify-google-etc-file-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/issues\/songwriters-music-publishers-receive-44-streaming-rate-increase-spotify-google-etc-file-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Songwriters \/ Music Publishers Receive 44% Streaming Rate Increase &#8211; Spotify, Google, etc., File Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10020\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10020 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/wp-content\/uploads\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47dd-f316-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/wp-content\/uploads\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47dd-f316-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.r.jpg 232w, http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/wp-content\/uploads\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47dd-f316-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.r-80x103.jpg 80w, http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/wp-content\/uploads\/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47dd-f316-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.r-155x200.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPL Collection, Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February of this year, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board granted songwriters and music publishers a top line 44% increase in revenue sharing (via mechanical royalty rates) with steaming services like Spotify, Pandora, Google, etc.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>The baseline statutory royalty rate for using musical works in interactive streaming will rise 44% by 2022, but the improvements in this determination go beyond just that. Just as importantly, the new royalty rate structure offers more protection against royalty dilution<\/em>\u201d. ~<a href=\"https:\/\/completemusicupdate.com\/article\/us-copyright-royalty-board-confirms-44-increase-in-streaming-royalty-on-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benjamin Semel for the National Music Publishers Association<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->The increase comes as welcome news to everyone in the music industry who have long criticized the CRB for undervaluing music rights.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps not surprisingly, the major streaming services, with the notable exception of Apple, filed suit to block the increases.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>[Without] songs these tech companies have nothing to stream\/sell. Shameful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor the first time in 110 years songwriters get an increase in royalties based on how much the music business has changed in that time, and this is how tech companies react. Wow.<\/em>\u201d ~Justin Tranter on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Buu6JEXlleB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/spotify-vs-songwriters-irving-azoff-justin-tranter-and-other-leading-music-biz-figures-slam-streaming-companys-royalty-rise-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music Business Worldwide<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More reaction:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>No amount of insincere and hollow public relations gestures such as throwing parties or buying billboards of congratulations or naming songwriters \u2018geniuses\u2019 can hide the fact that these big tech bullies do not respect or value the songwriters who make their businesses possible,\u201d Israelite fumed.<\/em>&#8221; ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2019\/03\/07\/spotify-pandora-amazon-google-songwriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Google Unilaterally Challenge the CRB\u2019s 44% Songwriter Royalty Increase<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Consumers and artists need to follow this story closely. Please share with your networks.<\/p>\n<p>Information for this post was gathered from the following sources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US Copyright Royalty Board confirms 44% increase in streaming royalty on songs<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/completemusicupdate.com\/article\/us-copyright-royalty-board-confirms-44-increase-in-streaming-royalty-on-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/completemusicupdate.com\/article\/us-copyright-royalty-board-confirms-44-increase-in-streaming-royalty-on-songs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotify vs. songwriters: Irving Azoff, Justin Tranter and other leading music biz figures slam streaming company\u2019s royalty rise appeal<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/spotify-vs-songwriters-irving-azoff-justin-tranter-and-other-leading-music-biz-figures-slam-streaming-companys-royalty-rise-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/spotify-vs-songwriters-irving-azoff-justin-tranter-and-other-leading-music-biz-figures-slam-streaming-companys-royalty-rise-appeal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Google Unilaterally Challenge the CRB\u2019s 44% Songwriter Royalty Increase<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2019\/03\/07\/spotify-pandora-amazon-google-songwriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2019\/03\/07\/spotify-pandora-amazon-google-songwriter\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February of this year, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board granted songwriters and music publishers a top line 44% increase in revenue sharing (via mechanical royalty rates) with steaming services like Spotify, Pandora, Google, etc. \u201cThe baseline statutory royalty rate for using musical works in interactive streaming will rise 44% by 2022, but the improvements &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[144,67,133,40,145],"class_list":["post-10007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","category-news","tag-144","tag-aftra-dga-iatse-sag","tag-artists","tag-creative-economy","tag-music-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Songwriters \/ Music Publishers Receive 44% Streaming Rate Increase - Spotify, Google, etc., File Suit &#8226; 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