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Industry News: Copyright Royalty Board

March 07, 2017

On Wednesday, March 8th, two sides will appear before a panel of three judges known as the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). On one side, giant technology companies Google, Apple, Amazon, Spotify and Pandora will argue to reduce the already low mechanical royalty rates they pay to play songs. On the other side will be music publishers, through the National Music Publisher's Association, fighting alongside the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) for a much needed increase in the royalties that are paid to songwriters.

NMPA is working to achieve better, fairer royalty rates for all songwriters and music publishers. Their proposal asks the CRB to adopt a structure that recognizes the inherent value of a song, the value of a subscriber's payment to access those songs, and all of the revenue that digital services generation from offering music.

Source: NMPA.org