Via Slate - That comes on top of other litigation and threats to that effect. The National Music Publishers’ Association, a powerful trade group for big songwriter-publishing firms, also objected to #Spotify’s new “bundles” and served the company a cease-and-desist over its alleged platforming of unlicensed lyrics, music videos, and podcasts.
National Music Publishers' Association
Musicians
NMPA is the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners
About us
Founded in 1917, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is the trade association representing all American music publishers and their songwriting partners. Its mission is to protect, promote, and advance the interests of music’s creators. Facebook: facebook.com/NMPAorg Twitter: @NMPAorg Instagram: @NMPAorg
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http://www.nmpa.org
External link for National Music Publishers' Association
- Industry
- Musicians
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1917
- Specialties
- Music Publishing, Songwriting, Advocacy, and Public Affairs
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Primary
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975 F Street NW
Washington, DC, 20004, US
Employees at National Music Publishers' Association
Updates
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A must listen with Music Business Worldwide (MBW) and NMPA President & CEO David Israelite - Earlier this month, Spotify announced that it was changing the way it calculates mechanical royalty payments for songwriters and publishers in the US. Spotify has re-categorized its Premium subscription tiers in the States as ‘bundles,’ enabling it to pay out a lesser mechanical royalty rate to songwriters than it would if said Premium tiers were classified as pure music services. Spotify believes it is entitled to re-categorize these tiers as ‘bundles’ due to the fact that SPOT now offers access to music plus audiobooks. The idea that ‘bundled’ services should be entitled to a lower mechanical royalty rate (vs. standard music subscription services) was enshrined in the so-called ‘CRB IV’ agreement/settlement between publishers and Spotify in the States, signed in 2022, and covering the years 2023-2027. As David Israelite explains on this podcast, the NMPA is currently considering legal action against Spotify that would seek to undo the newly-lowered ‘bundle’ mechanical royalty rate on the service.
Spotify vs. Songwriters (again): NMPA says SPOT’s latest move to lower royalty rates is ‘likely to end up in a legal conflict’
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com