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Digital Labels & Publishers Legal Setlist
Setlist: Universal, stream scamming, Apple
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 1 July 2019
CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last seven days, including the inevitable lawsuits over the Universal archive fire and the New York Times’ response to the major label’s criticism of its reporting, efforts to stop record labels artificially boosting their streaming figures, and Apple’s claim that Spotify is barely paying any App Store fees. Setlist is sponsored by 7digital.
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Stories discussed this week:
• New York Times publishes list of over 800 artists potentially affected by Universal archive fire
• $100 million lawsuit filed over Universal’s 2008 warehouse fire
• New code of conduct sets out to target the streaming stat scammers
• Apple says Spotify has exaggerated the impact of its app store fees
Also mentioned:
• Buy the Dissecting The Digital Dollar book
