These bundles are key to attracting first-time music subscribers so we can keep growing the revenue pie for everyone.” “This will hurt consumers who will lose access to them. “A key area of focus in our appeal will be the fact that the CRB’s decision makes it very difficult for music services to offer ‘bundles’ of music and non-music offerings,” the company said. Spotify argues that the CRB’s decision limits the type of non-music offerings it can present to potential subscribers. In its blog post, Spotify said it is generally supportive of a 15 percent rate, provided the rates cover what it calls the “right scope of publishing rights,” including those for videos and lyrics. The question is how best to achieve that goal.”Īs we covered last week, the new CRB ruling aims to raise the value of a song from $0.003 per stream to $0.004, but Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, and Google disagree. The industry needs to continue evolving to ensure that the people who create the music we all love - artists and songwriters - can earn a living. “Does Spotify think songwriters deserve to be paid more?” the post asks. “Yes - this is important to songwriters and it’s important to Spotify. Spotify was not alone in appealing the ruling, which plans to raise mechanical royalty rates by 44% over the next four years, but the company made matters worse for itself after posting a blog in defense of their decision. The streaming giant has been battling a string of negative press since coming out against new royalty rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board (Spotify). The new perk is available now to new and existing subscribers alike, but not everyone is thrilled with the news. Spotify made headlines this week by announcing Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu’s ad-supported plan. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Following an appeal to stop mechanical royalty rates from rising, Spotify’s latest bundle threatens to take even more money away from artists.

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