Songwriters: This week, Spotify and Amazon are quite literally taking you to court. A great deal of the business of how much you get paid happens in a room a few blocks from the U.S.
Capitol. Every five years a board of three judges sets your royalty rates for mechanical uses – including those in interactive streaming like Spotify and Amazon.
Two years ago, in January of 2018, after months of argument, those judges gave you a 44% raise.After the excitement died down, some of the services – led by Spotify and Amazon – determined that despite their reliance on songwriters, they would not let this decision stand.
Even with their billion dollar profits, they decided to appeal this decision, and on Tuesday March 10, these tech giants will again.
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