The platform's refusal to work with Merlin on licensing deals sets a "dangerous precedent" for independent artists and their labels, writes A2IM's Richard James Burgess.
For artists, touring can be a brutal business — and music companies must do more to prioritize their well-being. The authors of Sound Advice have some ideas how.
As investors flood the music AI space, new companies are using the influx to help redefine the music business.
Though multiple bills have been passed and proposed to bar prosecutors from using rappers’ lyrics against them, a significant loophole has yet to be addressed.
With the American Music Fairness Act back in the spotlight, A2IM president Richard James Burgess writes that AM/FM stations should have to pay for the songs they play.
Through DiMA, streamers are pushing the false idea that the Mechanical Licensing Collective was meant to be “neutral” when it comes to enforcing copyright owners' rights.
Policy-driven changes that introduce the presence of mental health therapists in virtually all situations encountered by new artists are necessary
Spotify should reverse course on its audiobook bundling strategy immediately and find cost savings that don’t decimate the revenue of millions of American songwriters.
The streamer’s decision to reclassify its premium subscription as a bundled service is a misguided and unfair reading of the Phonorecords IV agreement.
NMPA president and CEO David Israelite pushes back on Spotify's "potentially unlawful" move to reclassify its service.
