Spotify hit with $1.6 billion lawsuit over Rage Against the Machine, Tom...
If the last few years has taught us anything about consumption of music, it’s that streaming is the preferred method of hearing it. Yet as Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon and more continue to...
View ArticleWill Spotify’s hate conduct policy extend to metal?
As you might have heard by now, R&B singer R. Kelly has allegedly done some pretty heinous shit over the course of his career. The singer married Alliyah when she was 15, was caught on video...
View ArticleWomen’s group asks Spotify to remove Red Hot Chili Peppers, Don Henley,...
How far is too far? Last week, Spotify recently removed both R&B singer R Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from their playlists due to their history with sexual misconduct. Unfortunately, there’s no...
View ArticleDoes Metallica tailor setlists to Spotify data?
For those die-hard Metallica fans out there, it appears you should listen to their music via Spotify. Not only that, you should be careful as to which songs you want to hear. According to Spotify’s CEO...
View ArticleWatch the horror behind click farms
As Threatin pointed out, it’s quite simple to generate a following as well as build nonexistent companies and bands. With sites such as SocialBoss, you can add as many followers, likes, comments on...
View ArticleSpotify vs artists debate, streaming digital music services, and you
The latest in the ongoing digital music streaming discussion has to do with artist compensation. Some headlines falsely accuse Sweden’s music streaming giant Spotify of “Suing songwriters” along with...
View ArticleApple music stands by songwriters and will not appeal CRB ruling
In an aggressive move against songwriters, major streaming services have appealed a decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase royalty rates paid to artists. The ruling will increase royalty...
View ArticleNapster and the proliferation of OMM (Open Music Model)
The recent ruling by the Copyright Review Board has once again dragged into the light the issue of songwriter compensation. Songwriters and music streaming services have been quietly battling for a...
View ArticleArtists take issue with Spotify CEO’s payment comments
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek recently had some comments for artists who complain that they are not making enough money through streaming. Now, those comments have drawn some criticism in the music community...
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