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Entertainment & Sports,
Intellectual Property

Oct. 17, 2014

Streaming for dollars in the music industry

The music industry is currently transitioning from an "ownership" model to an "access" model.

Michael R. Morris

Valensi Rose, PLC

Email: mrm@vrmlaw.com

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The music industry is currently transitioning from an "ownership" model to an "access" model. Instead of purchasing CDs or permanently downloading songs via iTunes, Amazon, etc., an increasing share of music listeners are choosing to stream music over the Internet via services such as Pandora, Spotify and Sirius XM. While these streaming services still pay royalties to artists, songwriters, music publishers and record companies, the rates can be miniscule compared to the revenue artists re...

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