How little does the music industry pay artists? Shockingly little. Spotify, the dominant streaming music source in the U.S., is leaking money. They reportedly dole out 70 per cent of their revenue to royalties, and while that number seems high, consider this: each song stream pays an artist between one-sixth and one-eight of a cent. […]
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Flat or declining revenues at major media companies like Sony and Viacom is contrary to recent reports that digital piracy is declining. Guest post by Robert Steele Recently, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding a few articles suggesting that online piracy is decreasing. From where I sit that is not the case. I […]
The Washington beltway turned a deaf ear to artists’ rights until one guy, one activist, wrote the words “I Respect Music” on an index card and showed it to the world. Now, thousands upon thousands of music makers and music lovers are standing together and making history by adding their names to a petition that […]
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Byrne points out a bill in the House Of Representatives, sponsored by Jerry Nadler of New York, that would bring artist royalties into federal law. He further clarifies that digital and streaming radio services such as Pandora already pay artist royalties. Independent and college radio stations would not be affected either — just the stations that make money playing music. He also links to a petition about the issue. And at the outset of his piece, Byrne says he’s been meeting with a small group of musicians and writers about forming a creatives union. Read the full essay here.
READ THE FULL STORY AT STEREO GUM:
http://www.stereogum.com/1648771/david-byrne-wants-performance-royalties-on-commercial-radio/news/
Text by The Trichordist’s David Lowery (http://thetrichordist.com/2014/01/29/oral-testimony-of-david-lowery-to-house-subcommittee-on-courts-intellectual-property-and-the-internet-jan-28-2014/)
House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
