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President & CEO of http://t.co/LD7f7shtWy - Songwriters' Rights Advocate - Music Lover
Jul 1, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
1/5. The CRB Remand decision is out. Today the court reaffirmed the 15.1% headline rate increase we earned four long years, confirming that songwriters need and deserve a significant raise from the digital streaming services who profit from their work. 2/5. We will fight to increase the TCC, or percentage of label revenue, which amounts to an insurance policy for songwriters, in the next CRB and will also fight for stronger terms regarding bundles.
Oct 14, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
1/4 We now know definitively what the digital streaming services think of the songwriters that make their businesses possible. Amazon, Spotify, Apple, Pandora and Google have proposed the lowest royalty rates in history. 2/4 Not only do they propose rolling back rates and terms to erase all gains over the last 15 years, but they actually are proposing a structure worse than at any point in the history of interactive streaming.