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Spotify vs. Songwriters: David Israelite of the NMPA

Spotify vs. Songwriters: David Israelite of the NMPA

Released Friday, 8th March 2019
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Spotify vs. Songwriters: David Israelite of the NMPA

Spotify vs. Songwriters: David Israelite of the NMPA

Spotify vs. Songwriters: David Israelite of the NMPA

Spotify vs. Songwriters: David Israelite of the NMPA

Friday, 8th March 2019
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Music Business Worldwide podcast: Our guest is David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA).The NMPA is up in arms over the fact that Spotify and Amazon - in addition to Google and Pandora – are objecting to a ruling offering songwriters a streaming pay rise in the United States.Apple Music has declined to oppose the royalty rate rise, which has been decided by the Copyright Royalty Board.David explains: "[Spotify and Amazon] have shown their true colors. They don't respect songwriters, they are attacking songwriters to try to cut what they pay them. It's time for everybody to rise up and say: enough."
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