Songwriters Protest Spotify on Sunset Blvd., Asking Fans to Honk if They Support a Living Wage for Hitmakers
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterSongwriters were having a beef with Spotify before beefing with Spotify were cool, and representatives from several writers’ groups renewed their effort to train attention on the digital service provider’s payouts to tunesmiths with a demonstration in front of Spotify’s former headquarters on Sunset Blvd.
Monday.The rally was sponsored by the 100 Percenters, a group formed in mid-2020 to especially bring in BIPOC writers to join the struggle to get royalty increases from the DSPs and spotlight what they see as other unfair practices in the music industry.
The three dozen or so demonstrators also included members of SONA (Songwriters of North America) and other like-minded lobbying and activist groups.
Some of the signs were a mouthful to read for drivers speeding past the Beverly Hills border into West Hollywood, but many cars slowed down to register and honk approval of the protest.
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