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The PRS for Music and Soundtrack data deal is easy to cheer. The best case against it is that tracked plays from chain stores reward big catalogues and leave small venues out. Here is that case put fairly, and why we still back counting.
Artist rights
PRS for Music has partnered with B2B streaming service Soundtrack to get play-by-play data from about 7,000 UK shops, bars and public spaces, and will use it in royalty payments from December 2026. Here is what changes, and why it matters most for songwriters outside the big charts.
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