According to a new study, Spotify’s controversial 1,000-stream threshold is negatively affecting nearly two-thirds of indie artists and labels – and particularly those with sizable catalogs – in ...

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia has dismissed a copyright infringement case brought by Universal Music, Sony Music and 10 other record labels against the operator of FLVTO.biz, a… ...

The target is a German company that is the "chief offender" of stream ripping, but the lawsuit also demands an order against third parties. By Eriq Gardner Universal, Warner Bros, Sony and other big ...

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DJs who stream on Twitch may become required to disclose their earnings with their record labels, says Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. The CEO made the comments in a new interview with TweakMusicTips, where he ...

In the past few weeks, music industry global trade body IFPI and its US counterpart RIAA have been complaining of the increasing damage made to industry revenues by ...

In India, “The industry norm [for royalty payments from streaming services to music labels] is Rs 0.10–0.15 per stream. That varies company to company, sometimes it’s Rs 0.10, sometimes Rs 0.12 or Rs ...

Record labels are getting a better deal on streaming music royalties with Apple than major rival Spotify, according to a report, with Apple Music streaming rates claimed to be nearly double what is ...