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Everyone loves streaming. But more than half a century later, most streaming services contend that a song isn’t worth a penny. But streaming in 2019 forces music makers and fans into the middle of a moral hazard. At about $0.0002 per stream, Google/YouTube is even worse. . MORE
The suit claims the service is harming competitors, customers and copyright owners. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online MORE
Grainy video, errors and buffering streams weren't what fans paid $99 to see, according to the lawsuit. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online MORE
Pandora and other webcasters will have to pay more for free streams, while webcasters with a paid offering (including Pandora) will get some relief. MORE
In case you haven’t noticed, Billboard and The Official Charts have begun including streaming in measuring chart ranking. Now think about that for a minute–in a world where artists like Taylor Swift are windowing with great success how can you ever think that it’s a good idea to use streaming as a way of measuring success? In the USA it’s already started to happen, with the Billboard consumption chart, that combines album sales, streams, and track sales. MORE
Adele’s decision to not stream her new CD “ 25 ” on services like Apple Music and Spotify has been the talk of the entertainment press pages – like this article from the New York Times. But, in fact, if you listen to an Internet radio service , like a Pandora, iHeart Radio, Accuradio, the streams of over-the-air radio stations, or any of the myriad of other “noninteractive services” that are available online, you will hear music from 25. MORE
As we noted in a prior post , Billboard reported on what might be called the “chart value” of streams compared to downloads. As we noted previously, the 100:1 ratio implies a per-stream royalty of $0.007. Aside from isolated instances, streams are never counted. MORE
What do you pay for when you pay for a subscription to an ad supported service like Spotify or Pandora? It stops being ad supported. So who benefits from that? Fans and artists who hate advertising. Artists who get a higher royalty rate. Who doesn’t benefit? Well, who do ya think? MORE
Eriq Gardner Fight over mobile and tablet TV streaming heats up. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Tech Television Business MORE
We’ve seen stories recently about various successes for artists in negotiations with major labels about “transparency” in the payment of the artist’s share of streaming royalties received by record companies. But remember how the money flows for artists in the case of ad supported streaming services: Advertiser → Ad Network → Service → Label/Aggregator → Artist. Remember–most streaming royalties are a share of the service’s advertising revenue. MORE
Warner, Fox and Disney want an injunction against VidAngel, which sells films for $20 before buying them back for $19. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
Services such as Lala.com offer free streaming for many releases, from the most popular down to the fairly obscure. Instead, the industry should push Apple to incorporate streaming music into the program. "Hi, my name's Iggy, please purchase my music." MORE
Thomas of Fasken Martineau discusses provider liability in the case of Canadian users who "jump the geofence" in order to watch streamed US content. Ariel A. Read more here MORE
Doesn’t Sen Warren know songwriters are the small businesses and middle class of the streaming world, not Spotify? via Elizabeth @SenWarren Sides With The Streaming Service Not Paying Songwriters Against Streaming Service That Does — The TrichordistKettle meet pot. MORE
“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free," says the RIAA. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online MORE
Those 2,252,293 streams netted me $12,231, which is 39.2% And then there’s this: Ethical Pool Streaming Meltdown streaming royalties zoe keatingIn 2018 my music was listened to on Spotify for 190k hours by 241,631 people. MORE
Sara Hickman on how the economics of streaming is hollowing out the “middle class musician” and devouring the music business from the ground up. via Guest Post by @sarahickman: Streaming Royalties Are Ending Opportunities for Working Musicians — Artist Rights Watch. irespectmusic campaign Austin Music Songwriter News Streaming Meltdown Sara Hickman streaming royalties MORE
and I wish I could say that his article in today’s New York Times “ In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions ” kept pace with his other work. How much do you think it costs to render an accounting statement for 1 billion streams? ANTHONY BOURDAIN. MORE
News from the Goolag Streaming Meltdown David CrosbyDavid Crosby was in this band called The Byrds which covered “Mr. Tambourine Man” aka Bob Dylan’s first #1 hit as a songwriter. Then he was in another band called Crosby Stills Nash & Young. He’s done a lot of other things, too, but I mention those two bands because each of those bands were inducted into the Rock Hall. MORE
I wrote up my take on “user-centric royalties” a few weeks ago in a post titled “ Arithmetic on The Internet: The Ethical Pool Solution to Streaming Royalty Allocation. Ethical Pool News from the Goolag Streaming Meltdown Apple Music Cord Cutting Danny Michel Spotify YouTub MORE
19 Recordings is challenging a judge's recent decision to dismiss a claim that Sony breaches it duties by treating streamed music a certain way. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Business THR Online MORE
The Latin superstar alleges he's getting a small fraction of the 50 percent royalty rate he believes is dictated by contract. Expect more lawsuits on this front. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
The chart is based on The Trichordist’s “Streaming Price Bible” MORE
Taylor Swift has pulled her catalog from Spotify and other streaming outlets, apparently over problems with receipts of royalties. More here from the Guardian, here from Time Magazine (in an article which discusses Spotify''s attempt to respond to her concerns MORE
Companies that stream music are exploring the problems of making money, and keeping customers, musicians, and critics, happy. More here from the Guardian MORE
The company touted 30 million users for Eros Now. The judge rules it was never said they were "meaningful" users. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
In what is becoming a pattern, overall revenues are nearly flat, higher margin sales are significantly down and micro-margin streaming is significantly up. That is–could it be that streaming is eating digital download revenue? The headline number as reported by Billboard is that per stream rates are down 24%. billion streams — and for 2014 — of 164.5 Billboard did a service by identifying the per stream rate. MORE
Chris Castle on how the streaming royalty allocation guarantees a declining royalty for artists. The Trichordist Streaming Price Bible for 2018 . Arithmetic on the Internet: The Ethical Pool Solution to Streaming Royalty Allocation . MTP Podcasts Streaming Meltdown MTP Podcast streaming royaltiesSHOW NOTES. BBCtrending: The mystery tracks being ‘forced’ on Spotify users–another explanation . MORE
Streaming is all the rage. Because of the industry standard revenue share method of dividing up royalties, all artists essentially get a market share allocation of streaming service revenue based on the number of streams. Or ([Net Revenue/All Streams] * Your Streams). MORE
Streaming services like Pandora and Spotify try to get artists to believe that their various artist data programs can have an affect on touring as in if you have activity in a particular location you’ll be able to tour there. MORE
In a default judgment, a California judge ruled against the companies behind the TVPad device. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online MORE
There are several myths about streaming, but none so prevalent as the “savior” trope, which streaming services are doing their best to splice into the DNA of the music business. How was this received at the dominant streaming platform? MORE
[Following is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place. Chris Castle/MTP : I want to ask you about challenges in the streaming reality for an independent publisher. YES, it seems as though GETTING at least a penny rate per stream, would be SOMETHING at least, better than all the units practically accounted AS free goods! MORE
Foreign streaming and non-permanent downloads are the subject of the guild's latest big legal move. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music THR Online Sony Music The Walt Disney Company Universal Music Group Warner Music Group MORE
No, no, which streaming service do you think gets the award for “Most Insulting”? I think there are any number of artists and songwriters who could give the AMAs a master class in what it really means to be an artist or songwriter in a streaming world. MORE
Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments beginning today, it announced last week. ” Audio streaming begins today with oral arguments from the federal courthouse […] The post 9th Circuit Begins Live Audio Streaming Today appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. The 9th U.S. MORE
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A federal judge concludes that Wolfgang's Vault lacked requisite license to stream hundreds of iconic songs. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Tech Business THR Online MORE
A lawsuit put the spotlight on whether digital revenue was trickling down to recording artists like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood in an equitable manner. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online MORE
The streaming wars are upon us. Moreover, the FCC recently voted to treat streaming services as “effective competition” to traditional cable providers (or MVPDs), thereby triggering basic cable rate de-regulation in parts of Hawaii and Massachusetts. Notably, the DOJ cites streaming services and new technology as a few of the many reasons that the Decrees may no longer be necessary in what the DOJ official sees as today’s highly competitive, consumer-driven content market. MORE
Disney is seeking an injunction to prevent Redbox from disassembling "combo packs" and selling movie download codes separately. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
Exclusives Spotify Spotify Meltdown artist rights Chris Castle Podcast Colaborator Streaming Exclusivevia @colaboratorpcn: Douglas Caballero interviews Chris Castle — Artist Rights Watch. MORE
Pandora and Spotify (among others) have made a big deal out of providing “data” and “analytics” about streaming uses to artists–and particularly managers–about how the artist is performing on their respective services. You know–the fan of the artist who most likely was driven to the service by the artist they are streaming. CNBC did a little fact checking on streaming data provided by iHeart Radio analyzing the recent Grammy nominees. MORE
"Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia’s bikini scene," states the opinion. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online MORE
[Editor Charlie sez: Rather than rearranging the deck chairs, we think there are two separate issues with streaming rates. Second, the method of allocating streaming royalties could change so that you don’t hear fans saying “Sick of my money funding crap.” says that the artist reps are demanding “more money from the booming business [created by] music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music”. MORE
Streaming Related Topics Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 30, 2019
Chris Castle on how the streaming royalty allocation guarantees a declining royalty for artists. The Trichordist Streaming Price Bible for 2018 . Arithmetic on the Internet: The Ethical Pool Solution to Streaming Royalty Allocation . MTP Podcasts Streaming Meltdown MTP Podcast streaming royaltiesSHOW NOTES. BBCtrending: The mystery tracks being ‘forced’ on Spotify users–another explanation .
Music Technology Policy
MAY 16, 2019
Streaming is all the rage. Because of the industry standard revenue share method of dividing up royalties, all artists essentially get a market share allocation of streaming service revenue based on the number of streams. Or ([Net Revenue/All Streams] * Your Streams).
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Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
I wrote up my take on “user-centric royalties” a few weeks ago in a post titled “ Arithmetic on The Internet: The Ethical Pool Solution to Streaming Royalty Allocation. Ethical Pool News from the Goolag Streaming Meltdown Apple Music Cord Cutting Danny Michel Spotify YouTub
Music Technology Policy
AUGUST 5, 2018
News from the Goolag Streaming Meltdown David CrosbyDavid Crosby was in this band called The Byrds which covered “Mr. Tambourine Man” aka Bob Dylan’s first #1 hit as a songwriter. Then he was in another band called Crosby Stills Nash & Young. He’s done a lot of other things, too, but I mention those two bands because each of those bands were inducted into the Rock Hall.
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Those 2,252,293 streams netted me $12,231, which is 39.2% And then there’s this: Ethical Pool Streaming Meltdown streaming royalties zoe keatingIn 2018 my music was listened to on Spotify for 190k hours by 241,631 people.
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
[Following is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place. Chris Castle/MTP : I want to ask you about challenges in the streaming reality for an independent publisher. YES, it seems as though GETTING at least a penny rate per stream, would be SOMETHING at least, better than all the units practically accounted AS free goods!
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 3, 2018
The chart is based on The Trichordist’s “Streaming Price Bible”
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 5, 2017
Exclusives Spotify Spotify Meltdown artist rights Chris Castle Podcast Colaborator Streaming Exclusivevia @colaboratorpcn: Douglas Caballero interviews Chris Castle — Artist Rights Watch.
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 10, 2018
Sara Hickman on how the economics of streaming is hollowing out the “middle class musician” and devouring the music business from the ground up. via Guest Post by @sarahickman: Streaming Royalties Are Ending Opportunities for Working Musicians — Artist Rights Watch. irespectmusic campaign Austin Music Songwriter News Streaming Meltdown Sara Hickman streaming royalties
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 28, 2017
Grainy video, errors and buffering streams weren't what fans paid $99 to see, according to the lawsuit. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 25, 2017
There are several myths about streaming, but none so prevalent as the “savior” trope, which streaming services are doing their best to splice into the DNA of the music business. How was this received at the dominant streaming platform?
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Pandora and Spotify (among others) have made a big deal out of providing “data” and “analytics” about streaming uses to artists–and particularly managers–about how the artist is performing on their respective services. You know–the fan of the artist who most likely was driven to the service by the artist they are streaming. CNBC did a little fact checking on streaming data provided by iHeart Radio analyzing the recent Grammy nominees.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 10, 2015
Foreign streaming and non-permanent downloads are the subject of the guild's latest big legal move. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Music THR Online Sony Music The Walt Disney Company Universal Music Group Warner Music Group
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 24, 2018
The Latin superstar alleges he's getting a small fraction of the 50 percent royalty rate he believes is dictated by contract. Expect more lawsuits on this front. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
No, no, which streaming service do you think gets the award for “Most Insulting”? I think there are any number of artists and songwriters who could give the AMAs a master class in what it really means to be an artist or songwriter in a streaming world.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
AUGUST 24, 2017
"Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia’s bikini scene," states the opinion. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 4, 2018
A lawsuit put the spotlight on whether digital revenue was trickling down to recording artists like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood in an equitable manner. read more. THR, Esq. Business Music Business THR Online
New Media and Technology Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The streaming wars are upon us. Moreover, the FCC recently voted to treat streaming services as “effective competition” to traditional cable providers (or MVPDs), thereby triggering basic cable rate de-regulation in parts of Hawaii and Massachusetts. Notably, the DOJ cites streaming services and new technology as a few of the many reasons that the Decrees may no longer be necessary in what the DOJ official sees as today’s highly competitive, consumer-driven content market.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 16, 2015
Pandora and other webcasters will have to pay more for free streams, while webcasters with a paid offering (including Pandora) will get some relief.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 23, 2011
Eriq Gardner Fight over mobile and tablet TV streaming heats up. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Tech Television Business
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
In a default judgment, a California judge ruled against the companies behind the TVPad device. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Television Tech Business THR Online
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
In case you haven’t noticed, Billboard and The Official Charts have begun including streaming in measuring chart ranking. Now think about that for a minute–in a world where artists like Taylor Swift are windowing with great success how can you ever think that it’s a good idea to use streaming as a way of measuring success? In the USA it’s already started to happen, with the Billboard consumption chart, that combines album sales, streams, and track sales.
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 26, 2016
and I wish I could say that his article in today’s New York Times “ In Shift to Streaming, Music Business Has Lost Billions ” kept pace with his other work. How much do you think it costs to render an accounting statement for 1 billion streams? ANTHONY BOURDAIN.
JetLawBlog
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Services such as Lala.com offer free streaming for many releases, from the most popular down to the fairly obscure. Instead, the industry should push Apple to incorporate streaming music into the program. "Hi, my name's Iggy, please purchase my music."
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 2, 2013
Companies that stream music are exploring the problems of making money, and keeping customers, musicians, and critics, happy. More here from the Guardian
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 25, 2015
What do you pay for when you pay for a subscription to an ad supported service like Spotify or Pandora? It stops being ad supported. So who benefits from that? Fans and artists who hate advertising. Artists who get a higher royalty rate. Who doesn’t benefit? Well, who do ya think?
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 29, 2020
[Editor Charlie sez: Rather than rearranging the deck chairs, we think there are two separate issues with streaming rates. Second, the method of allocating streaming royalties could change so that you don’t hear fans saying “Sick of my money funding crap.” says that the artist reps are demanding “more money from the booming business [created by] music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music”.
Music Technology Policy
JULY 7, 2016
Doesn’t Sen Warren know songwriters are the small businesses and middle class of the streaming world, not Spotify? via Elizabeth @SenWarren Sides With The Streaming Service Not Paying Songwriters Against Streaming Service That Does — The TrichordistKettle meet pot.
Music Technology Policy
JULY 15, 2019
Everyone loves streaming. But more than half a century later, most streaming services contend that a song isn’t worth a penny. But streaming in 2019 forces music makers and fans into the middle of a moral hazard. At about $0.0002 per stream, Google/YouTube is even worse. .
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 12, 2015
We’ve seen stories recently about various successes for artists in negotiations with major labels about “transparency” in the payment of the artist’s share of streaming royalties received by record companies. But remember how the money flows for artists in the case of ad supported streaming services: Advertiser → Ad Network → Service → Label/Aggregator → Artist. Remember–most streaming royalties are a share of the service’s advertising revenue.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2017
The suit claims the service is harming competitors, customers and copyright owners. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Tech THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The company touted 30 million users for Eros Now. The judge rules it was never said they were "meaningful" users. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MAY 19, 2015
19 Recordings is challenging a judge's recent decision to dismiss a claim that Sony breaches it duties by treating streamed music a certain way. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Music Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free," says the RIAA. read more. THR, Esq. Music Music THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 10, 2016
Warner, Fox and Disney want an injunction against VidAngel, which sells films for $20 before buying them back for $19. read more. THR, Esq. The Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 17, 2018
Disney is seeking an injunction to prevent Redbox from disassembling "combo packs" and selling movie download codes separately. read more. THR, Esq. Business Movies Tech Business THR Online
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 19, 2015
Thomas of Fasken Martineau discusses provider liability in the case of Canadian users who "jump the geofence" in order to watch streamed US content. Ariel A. Read more here
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 23, 2016
In what is becoming a pattern, overall revenues are nearly flat, higher margin sales are significantly down and micro-margin streaming is significantly up. That is–could it be that streaming is eating digital download revenue? The headline number as reported by Billboard is that per stream rates are down 24%. billion streams — and for 2014 — of 164.5 Billboard did a service by identifying the per stream rate.
Music Technology Policy
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Streaming services like Pandora and Spotify try to get artists to believe that their various artist data programs can have an affect on touring as in if you have activity in a particular location you’ll be able to tour there.
Broadcast Law Blog
NOVEMBER 22, 2015
Adele’s decision to not stream her new CD “ 25 ” on services like Apple Music and Spotify has been the talk of the entertainment press pages – like this article from the New York Times. But, in fact, if you listen to an Internet radio service , like a Pandora, iHeart Radio, Accuradio, the streams of over-the-air radio stations, or any of the myriad of other “noninteractive services” that are available online, you will hear music from 25.
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
Taylor Swift has pulled her catalog from Spotify and other streaming outlets, apparently over problems with receipts of royalties. More here from the Guardian, here from Time Magazine (in an article which discusses Spotify''s attempt to respond to her concerns
Media Law
JANUARY 6, 2014
Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will offer live audio streaming of all oral arguments beginning today, it announced last week. ” Audio streaming begins today with oral arguments from the federal courthouse […] The post 9th Circuit Begins Live Audio Streaming Today appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. The 9th U.S.
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 19, 2014
As we noted in a prior post , Billboard reported on what might be called the “chart value” of streams compared to downloads. As we noted previously, the 100:1 ratio implies a per-stream royalty of $0.007. Aside from isolated instances, streams are never counted.
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