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Setlist Podcast: Music publishers go to war with Spotify
The dispute over Spotify's audiobook bundle goes legal, media companies hit out at BBC's podcast adverts plan…
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The MLC is suing Spotify over audiobook bundling
The audiobooks bundling dispute between the US music industry and Spotify has gone legal. This is about how the streaming service is classifying its main premium subscription product - which now includes audiobooks - as a bundle, which lets it reduce royalty payments to publishers and songwriters…
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MLC lawsuit is “wild overreach” says Pandora, accusing US mechanicals society of “legal frolics”
Pandora has responded to a lawsuit filed by collecting society MLC in a dispute over whether or not the streaming platform’s personalised radio service should be classified as interactive or non-interactive. Pandora says not only is the MLC’s position on this wrong, it shouldn’t even have a position…
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Setlist Podcast: When arts funding and politics collide
Kneecap threaten to sue the British government for blocking funding to expand their international career, and MLC goes legal over mechanical royalties on its free service…
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MLC sues Pandora over unpaid royalties
Pandora has been sued by collecting society MLC in a dispute over whether or not the US streaming service needs to pay mechanical royalties on all the revenues associated with its free tier…
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MLC planning massive audit of all streaming services - but it’s not as dramatic as it sounds. Yet.
The MLC in the US has announced it will audit streaming services, including those run by Spotify, Apple, Amazon and YouTube - the collecting society has the right to undertake audits under the compulsory licence it administers…
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MLC unveils network of five partners to help with matching work
US mechanical rights collecting society The MLC has unveiled a network of five partners to help with the matching process that gets songwriters paid when their music is streamed…