Here’s some current streaming rates per service. Your rates might vary.
If you stream from…
- Spotify – between $0.0005 and $0.007
- Google Play – $0.0107
- YouTube Music – between $0.0013 and $0.0105
- Tidal – $0.0171
- Apple Music iTunes Match (US)
publishing
Streaming’s Shortcomings
If everyone got their music from streaming? That’s a big problem.
Streaming…
- has no cross promotion with local events or the local economy.
- has no cross promotion with local unsigned bands.
- has no direct connection back to the artist.
- completely
Happy Birthday Enters Public Domain
One of the funnier/sadder stories of licensing and copyright folly involves the beloved song “Happy Birthday”. It’s origin is a 1890’s kids song with different lyrics, but somehow it was copyrighted in 1935 and that copyright was eventually acquired by … Read the rest
What’s Really Going On
Hat tip to FunkyParts and Funkprobosci for this provocative peak into the fighting behind the scenes over copyright and it’s role in society.
… More Sites!
I got lots going on it seems, and another website just popped up to that end:
This is my music and software publishing company.
Collinwood Sun LLC publishes music from 2MERICA, Roaming Crazy, Ezraz, and Winnie … Read the rest
Controversial Ruling On Sampling Involves P-Funk
A Federal Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled that “If you cannot pirate the whole sound recording, can you ‘lift’ or ‘sample’ something less than the whole? Our answer to that question is in the negative. Get a license or do … Read the rest