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The streaming company will recompense songwriters not paid enough royalties, but one unhappy music publisher claims ruling is ‘a free pass on wilful infringement’Spotify will pay out $112m (£83.5m) in a settlement agreement, following two lawsuits that claimed songwriters hadn’t been paid enough in royalties … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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The #MuteRKelly campaign is causing the people and companies still working with the singer to take actionI was pleased to learn that Spotify has decided to remove R Kelly from its playlists, but the question remains as to whether the music-streaming service has gone far enough. “We don’t censor … Read entire story.
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Songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler alleged the singer stole the lyrics to their song Playas Gon’ Play for her 2014 hit Shake It OffA California judge has thrown out a copyright lawsuit filed against Taylor Swift. Songwriting duo Sean Hall and Nathan Butler alleged that Swift stole lyrics from their 2000 … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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Performers are increasingly attempting to limit online footage of gigs to prevent ‘ruining the ambience’ Guns N’ Roses, Jarvis Cocker, Alicia Keys and the late Prince all made a stand against fans who filmed their gigs with phones. Two years ago American folk rock band the Lumineers even put the … Read entire story.
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After the singer said the band’s lawyers ‘have been relentless’ in their pursuit of publishing rights to her song Get Free, a representative has said no lawsuit has been filedRadiohead have refuted Lana Del Rey’s claim that they have filed a lawsuit against her that demands publishing rights to her … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian