Daniel Adrian Sanchez

Amazon’s Ad-Supported ‘Free’ Service Launches in the UK

August 2, 2019

Last April, Amazon quietly introduced an ad-supported music streaming service. Unrelated to Music Unlimited and Prime Music – which both require a subscription – the still-unnamed ‘freemium’ version allows u... Read More...

Casio Slapped With a $4.5 Million Fine for Engaging in Anti-Competitive Behavior

Daniel Sanchez

August 2, 2019

According to UK watchdog Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Casio apparently hasn’t played nice with other online retailers. Now, the watchmaker has received a major fine. The CMA has fined Casio El... Read More...

Hinting Musicians May Never Receive Their Payments at All, PledgeMusic Co-Founder Benji Rogers Pens Apology Which 'Breaks My Heart'

Hinting Musicians May Never Receive Their Payments, PledgeMusic Co-Founder Benji Rogers Pens an Apology — ‘It Breaks My Heart’

Daniel Sanchez

August 2, 2019

In May, PledgeMusic’s embattled co-founder Benji Rogers issued a ‘heartfelt’ apology. After nearly a year of promising to return artists’ money "within 90 days," the apparently regretful co-founder confirmed... Read More...

123 Artists File Amicus Brief in Led Zeppelin's Closely Watched 'Stairway to Heaven' Lawsuit

123 Artists File an Amicus Brief in Led Zeppelin’s Closely Watched ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Lawsuit

Daniel Sanchez

August 2, 2019

The Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case is complicated, to say the least. It all started back in 2014 when a descendant of Randy Craig Wolfe, former Spirit band member and songwriter, made a ludicrous cla... Read More...

Dutch Consumer Protection Group Challenges Ticketmaster's Non-Refundable Service Fees

Ticketmaster’s Non-Refundable Service Fees are Becoming a Problem In the Netherlands

Daniel Sanchez

August 1, 2019

A Dutch consumer protection group is challenging Ticketmaster’s fees. According to Consumentenbond, a Dutch non-profit consumer protection group, Ticketmaster doesn’t return consumers’ booking fees upon canc... Read More...

To Secure Royalties at the Expense of Artists, ByteDance and TikTok Hire a Former Music Industry Advocate

Daniel Sanchez

August 1, 2019

For weeks, TikTok parent company ByteDance has remained locked in bitter negotiation talks with European rightsholders. To secure music licenses, the Chinese conglomerate referred collecting societies PRS fo... Read More...

Two Months After Discovery of Lyric Theft, LyricFind Partners With 68 UK Publishers

Two Months After Getting Caught ‘Red Handed’ for Lyric Theft, LyricFind Partners With 63 UK Publishers

Daniel Sanchez

August 1, 2019

LyricFind has unveiled a slew of new deals. Printed Music Licensing Limited (PMLL) first confirmed the news. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Music Publishing Association (MPA), PMLL has over 70 music publi... Read More...

In Day One of 'Dark Horse' Damages Trial, Capitol Records Reveals The Label Spent $11.7 Million to Promote Katy Perry's Hit

In Day One of the ‘Dark Horse’ Damages Trial, Capitol Records Reveals the Label Spent $11.7 Million to Promote Katy Perry’s Hit

Daniel Sanchez

August 1, 2019

So, how much did Katy Perry actually earn from ‘Dark Horse?’ Update: Katy Perry, Capitol Records, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and other 'Dark Horse' collaborators have been saddled with a $2.7 million fine by a Ca... Read More...

Spotify’s Q2 2019 — The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Daniel Sanchez

July 31, 2019

Spotify has released its financial report for the second quarter of 2019 (Q2 2019). First, the good news. For the three months ended June 30th, 2019, the music streaming giant reported 232 million monthly a... Read More...

No Bankruptcy, No Refunds, No Liability — PledgeMusic Files Wind Up Order, Absolving Executives of Any and All Wrongdoing

Daniel Sanchez

July 31, 2019

PledgeMusic is pulling a sneaky disappearing act. Aiming to completely disappear into the middle of the night, the crowdfunding platform’s executives shut down the website last week. This came months afte... Read More...

Throwing in the Towel - Woodstock 50 Officially Canceled

Throwing in the Towel — Woodstock 50 Is Officially Canceled

Daniel Sanchez

July 31, 2019

I hate to say “I told you so” about Woodstock 50. But, I did tell you so. Following months of speculation, red flags, constant permit denials, and three venue changes, Woodstock 50’s embattled co-founder Mi... Read More...

How Much Will ‘Coincidental’ Copyright Infringement Cost Katy Perry? Lawyers Say $41 Million

Daniel Sanchez

July 31, 2019

On Monday afternoon, a jury found Katy Perry, her producers, and Universal Music’s Capitol Records guilty of copyright infringement. The jury in a California federal courtroom ruled that Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’... Read More...

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