Phonorecords V: what Spotify, Apple and Amazon want to pay songwriters for 2028 to 2032
Publishers want a 20% headline streaming mechanical rate for 2028 to 2032. Spotify, Apple, Google and Pandora want to keep 15.35%, and Amazon wants it cut to 13.4%. Meanwhile, a deal on CD, vinyl and download rates, struck mostly by labels and their sister publishers, is being challenged by the independent songwriters it left out.
Industryvia Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress (Federal Register)