#royalties

Shine My Crown

@shinemycrown.com

3 days ago

Dionne Warwick Accuses Rights Company Of Taking 50% Of Her Royalties For 23 Years Legendary singer Dionne Warwick has filed a countersuit against Artists Rights Enforcement Corp., accusing the firm of quietly taking millions of dollars… The post Dionne Warwick Accuses Rights Company Of Taking 50% Of Her Royalties For 23 Years appeared first on Shine My Crown.

Dionne Warwick Accuses Rights Company Of Taking 50% Of Her Royalties For 23 Years: Legendary singer Dionne Warwick has filed a countersuit against Artists Rights Enforcement Corp., accusing the firm of quietly taking millions of… #DionneWarwick #MusicRights #Royalties #ArtistsRights #MusicIndustry

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

New Priorities at Muz4Now #IndieMusic #MakeTheShift ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * “The times they are a’changin’” is true now and forever. Once again, the big “musicbiz” giants are making many of us indie folk shift our priorities. If you listen to my music on Deezer or Spotify, I’m really grateful to you! If you share or add my tracks to playlists, I’m hugely thankful for that, too. And now for the rest of the story… ## What’s bad? In the middle of 2023, streaming service Deezer and publishing giant Universal Music signed a deal to shift royalty payments towards the big acts in Universal’s catalog and reduce new music discovery. Though they touted it as “artist-centric”, I have no doubt this is taking aim at independent musicians and labels. Their priorities are clear. Spotify already had an abysmal reputation regarding royalties. But they thought Deezer’s new approach was so cool that they jumped on board and will be follow suit in the coming year. Talk about priorities. Soon after Spotify made this announcement, two of the playlists I curated for independent artist tracks were flagged as fraudulent. So far as I know (even after re-reading the dense and long terms of service again), I did not violate any of their rules. Furthermore, I have never paid for promotion (which is too likely to be listening “robots”) by any third party. After they notified me about this flagging, dozens of other indie artists confirmed that their playlists were also taken down. So, I’m pretty sure I know why they are flagging these particular playlists. If I’m correct, it’s a dirty game they are playing. Changes in royalty payments by #streaming radios will have a huge impact on #indiemusic Click To Tweet ## Emphasize the good I like shifting priorities when it contributes to my own health and improves my relationships as a result. That’s why I’m in the process of culling many things at the moment. This ranges from commercial e-mail lists that no longer serve me to forms of music self-promotion that provide no return. As you can tell by what I’ve told you so far, I’ll be prioritizing the streaming services differently. Previously, one of those forms of self-promotion was playlist curation on Spotify. I was spending countless hours recruiting indies, listening to their tracks, and sharing playlists on this platform. I’ll leave those streaming services in my listings, but I will no longer promote them specifically. (And just like that: Look how much time I just saved for romping through the forest with RB!) Instead, I’ll be prioritizing the streaming platforms that seem to care about unsigned musicians like me. Because of my experiences so far, initially I’ll be focusing on Pandora, Apple Music, and YouTube. Each of these offers a decent toolkit for indie artists. Plus, I have always felt like their play-count and payouts are a tiny bit more honest. As time permits, I’m sure I’ll be writing about my experiences. After all, I may have to shift my priorities again. Thanks for following along. Focus on the good whether that’s in creating community or improving business relationships Click To Tweet ## Priorities As I noted earlier, I’m also downsizing other things including my in-box. During the most recent flurry of music gear sales, I noticed how few of them even caught my attention. I chatted with a number of other musicians who were similarly disinterested. So, I’ve been unchecking the “subscribe” button dozens of times recently. This is only _one_ other example of how I’m aligning my priorities with my life. I cannot stop composing, writing, and performing music. Hopefully, it’s obvious to you that I get too much internal return from it to stop. But I can easily prioritize what’s working for me. There’s no need for me to put effort towards things that have no return. I’d much rather play the piano in the dining room while my beloved spouse makes us a delicious dinner. I like aligning my priorities with my life Click To Tweet The main photo image in this post is by tonischerrenberg via pixabay. ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 week ago

New Priorities at Muz4Now #IndieMusic #MakeTheShift Stan Stewart - @muz4now

New Priorities at Muz4Now #IndieMusic #MakeTheShift #musicbiz #priorities #royalties

MSI Press LLC

@msipress.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

A Publisher's Conversation with Authors: What Counts as Fair Royalties? A Practical Guide for Authors News about MSI Press authors; Excerpts from MSI Press authors' books; Carl's Cancer Compendium information; tips for authors

Today's blog post, the next in the series, A #Publisher's Conversation with #Authors: What Counts as Fair #Royalties: A Practical #Guide for Authors

msipressblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-pu...

#royaltiesonlist #royaltiesonnet #comparativeroyaltystructure

eddieoz

@eddieoz.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

3 weeks ago

Perdemos a patente do nosso remédio?

Quer ver como o Brasil pode perder suas próprias descobertas? 😡🇧🇷

• Universidade pública desenvolve um medicamento inovador
• Perdemos a patente e vamos pagar royalties para estrangeiros 💸
• Isso não é acidente: é um […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Ingenta

@ingenta.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

🎮 Clear the Maze. Control the Game.
Rights, licences, royalties, DLC & microtransactions don’t have to be chaos.

Ingenta Gambit unifies it all—tracking, automation & payments via Tipalti & Trolley.

👉 zurl.co/cmC7T

#GameDev #GameBiz #Royalties

Marcel Plasse

@marcelplasse.bsky.social

1 month ago

Britney Spears vende catálogo musical e direitos autorais Entretenimento e cultura pop: cobertura diária de filmes, séries, música, realities, TV e celebridades.

BRITNEY VENDEU TUDO! 💸🎶 Britney Spears fechou um acordo milionário para vender seu catálogo musical e direitos autorais. O negócio é estimado em centenas de milhões de dólares. Saiba os detalhes! #BritneySpears #Royalties 🔗 pipocamoderna.com.br/2026/02/brit...

Pipoca Moderna

@pipocamoderna.bsky.social

1 month ago

Britney Spears vende catálogo musical e direitos autorais Entretenimento e cultura pop: cobertura diária de filmes, séries, música, realities, TV e celebridades.

BRITNEY VENDEU TUDO! 💸🎶 Britney Spears fechou um acordo milionário para vender seu catálogo musical e direitos autorais. O negócio é estimado em centenas de milhões de dólares. Saiba os detalhes! #BritneySpears #Royalties 🔗 pipocamoderna.com.br/2026/02/brit...

The Adult Fun and Politics Time Line!

@fantasystudio.bsky.social

1 month ago

Chris Brown Sued by Songwriter Claiming Star Stiffed Him Out of ‘Sensational’ and ‘Monalisa’ Royalties: Steve Chokpelle alleges he was cut out of millions earned by the two hit songs #ChrisBrown #MusicIndustry #SongwriterRights #Royalties #LegalBattle

Christopher-J (aka Eustach the Wanderer)

@chrjcar.bsky.social

1 month ago

Spotify Paid Out $11B in Royalties to Music Industry in 2025, All-Time Payments Surpass $70B Spotify head of music Charlie Hellman called payouts "the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history."

#Spotify paid the #music industry more than $11B in #royalties last year, the company said yesterday. The payout is reportedly the largest ever to #musicians, and comes amid ongoing scrutiny over the company’s handling of #AI.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...

Sjoucke 💚🤍

@sjoucke.bsky.social

1 month ago

Ondertussen denk ik dat Vanilla Ice best wel wat rijker is geworden #royalties

Council for Innovation Promotion

@council4ip.bsky.social

1 month ago

Fact Check: The Myth of So-Called "Royalty Free" and "Open" Standards The word “open” has become increasingly misused in the world of technology standards. In policy and antitrust terms, an open standard is one developed through an open and transparent process,…

❌ Myth: Eliminating royalties fosters #innovation.

✅ Fact: #Patent #royalties are what sustain long-term #innovation by allowing inventors to recover R&D costs and reinvest in new #technologies.

For more:

The Adult Fun and Politics Time Line!

@fantasystudio.bsky.social

1 month ago

The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo Sues Pharrell Williams Over Unpaid Royalties: After claiming that Williams tried to gain sole control of Neptunes name in previous lawsuit, Hugo now says production partner owes him $1 million for N.E.R.D.'s No One Ever… #Neptunes #ChadHugo #PharrellWilliams #Royalties #Nerd

Stan Stewart aka muz4now

@muz4now.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

New Priorities at Muz4Now #IndieMusic #MakeTheShift ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * “The times they are a’changin’” is true now and forever. Once again, the big “musicbiz” giants are making many of us indie folk shift our priorities. If you listen to my music on Deezer or Spotify, I’m really grateful to you! If you share or add my tracks to playlists, I’m hugely thankful for that, too. And now for the rest of the story… ## What’s bad? In the middle of 2023, streaming service Deezer and publishing giant Universal Music signed a deal to shift royalty payments towards the big acts in Universal’s catalog and reduce new music discovery. Though they touted it as “artist-centric”, I have no doubt this is taking aim at independent musicians and labels. Their priorities are clear. Spotify already had an abysmal reputation regarding royalties. But they thought Deezer’s new approach was so cool that they jumped on board and will be follow suit in the coming year. Talk about priorities. Soon after Spotify made this announcement, two of the playlists I curated for independent artist tracks were flagged as fraudulent. So far as I know (even after re-reading the dense and long terms of service again), I did not violate any of their rules. Furthermore, I have never paid for promotion (which is too likely to be listening “robots”) by any third party. After they notified me about this flagging, dozens of other indie artists confirmed that their playlists were also taken down. So, I’m pretty sure I know why they are flagging these particular playlists. If I’m correct, it’s a dirty game they are playing. Changes in royalty payments by #streaming radios will have a huge impact on #indiemusic Click To Tweet ## Emphasize the good I like shifting priorities when it contributes to my own health and improves my relationships as a result. That’s why I’m in the process of culling many things at the moment. This ranges from commercial e-mail lists that no longer serve me to forms of music self-promotion that provide no return. As you can tell by what I’ve told you so far, I’ll be prioritizing the streaming services differently. Previously, one of those forms of self-promotion was playlist curation on Spotify. I was spending countless hours recruiting indies, listening to their tracks, and sharing playlists on this platform. I’ll leave those streaming services in my listings, but I will no longer promote them specifically. (And just like that: Look how much time I just saved for romping through the forest with RB!) Instead, I’ll be prioritizing the streaming platforms that seem to care about unsigned musicians like me. Because of my experiences so far, initially I’ll be focusing on Pandora, Apple Music, and YouTube. Each of these offers a decent toolkit for indie artists. Plus, I have always felt like their play-count and payouts are a tiny bit more honest. As time permits, I’m sure I’ll be writing about my experiences. After all, I may have to shift my priorities again. Thanks for following along. Focus on the good whether that’s in creating community or improving business relationships Click To Tweet ## Priorities As I noted earlier, I’m also downsizing other things including my in-box. During the most recent flurry of music gear sales, I noticed how few of them even caught my attention. I chatted with a number of other musicians who were similarly disinterested. So, I’ve been unchecking the “subscribe” button dozens of times recently. This is only _one_ other example of how I’m aligning my priorities with my life. I cannot stop composing, writing, and performing music. Hopefully, it’s obvious to you that I get too much internal return from it to stop. But I can easily prioritize what’s working for me. There’s no need for me to put effort towards things that have no return. I’d much rather play the piano in the dining room while my beloved spouse makes us a delicious dinner. I like aligning my priorities with my life Click To Tweet The main photo image in this post is by tonischerrenberg via pixabay. ### Please share! * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

My priorities remain essentially the same for the past three years

#IndieMusic #MakeTheShift #musicbiz #priorities #royalties
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Stan Stewart (muz4now)

@muz4now.com

1 month ago

New Priorities at Muz4Now #IndieMusic #MakeTheShift Stan Stewart - @muz4now

My priorities remain essentially the same for the past three years

#IndieMusic #MakeTheShift #musicbiz #priorities #royalties

Reygar Bernal

@reygarbernal.bsky.social

1 month ago

Sting pays Police bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland more than £500,000 in royalties The musician discovered a "historic underpayment" after being sued in London's High Court.

#Music 🎧 #Rock ##Sting #Police #Royalties www.bbc.com/news/article...

Don Porqué

@donporque.bsky.social

1 month ago

¿Cuánto dinero enfrenta a The Police con Sting por Spotify? Disputa millonaria entre los exmiembros de The Police y Sting por regalías de streaming, contratos antiguos y cómo se reparten ingresos digitales. El Tribunal Superior de Londres abrió el primer capít...

¿Cuánto dinero enfrenta a The Police con Sting por Spotify? #15deenero #felizjueves #ThePolice #Sting #AndySummers #StewartCopeland #regalías #streaming #royalties #derechosdeautor #musica #HighCourt #londres donporque.com/the-police-c...

Emil Lazzaroni

@globalcompounders.bsky.social

2 months ago

33. Who is behind KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut For our thirty-third episode, we're talking about a company that is a master of the franchise model. A company that owns a portfolio of some of the most iconic fast-food brands on the planet... [pause] the red roof of Pizza Hut, the "Live Más" spirit of Taco Bell, and the secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices from KFC. This is a story of how these seemingly separate empires are all part of one massive, global, cash-gushing machine. We are talking about Yum! Brands. When you hear the name Yum! Brands ($YUM), you immediately think of its iconic fast-food chains: KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. It’s one of the largest restaurant companies in the world, with tens of thousands of locations serving millions of customers daily. The common perception is that they are in the business of operating a massive global restaurant empire. But the real story behind Yum! Brands is its transformation into an "asset-light" franchising powerhouse. The company now franchises over 98% of its restaurants, meaning its primary business isn't making food; it's licensing its world-famous brands to operators and collecting high-margin, recurring royalty fees. This capital-efficient model has allowed it to scale globally with incredible speed. However, managing a diverse portfolio of legacy brands in a hyper-competitive market presents its own challenges. Can the strength of Taco Bell and KFC offset the struggles in the pizza category? We're ordering from the value menu to see if Yum's franchise-focused business model is a recipe for long-term growth or if its different brands are pulling the company in too many directions.

📣 New Podcast! "33. Who is behind KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut" on @Spreaker #assetlight #consumer #fastfood #finance #food #franchise #global #growth #investing #kfc #marketing #pizzahut #portfolio #qsr #restaurant #royalties #stock #tacobell #yum #yumbrands

GLOBAL Visibility aéPiot - by aePiot.ro

@globalvisibility.bsky.social

2 months ago

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Jay @ the deep dive

@thedeepdive.bsky.social

2 months ago

OR Royalties Records 2025 Production Of 80,775 Gold Equivalent Ounces, Meeting The Lower End Of Guidance | the deep dive OR Royalties (TSX: OR) has managed to meet production guidance for 2025. The royalty and streaming company this morning reported preliminary fourth quarter results, highlighted by 21,735 ounces of gol...

OR Royalties Records 2025 Production Of 80,775 Gold Equivalent Ounces, Meeting The Lower End Of Guidance

$OR $OR.to #gold #mining #royalties

thedeepdive.ca/or-royalties...

GRAY

@iamgrayellis.bsky.social

2 months ago

The best two words to ever see in your inbox… “Author Royalties” 😌🙏🏽 #BookSky #AuthorsRepublic #Kidslit #Novels #Royalties

4Qua Of Orion [ General NobuNaga Version ]

@4quazulu.bsky.social

2 months ago

📸 IG head says platform must “evolve fast” due to AI
www.threads.com/@mosseri/pos...

#newmusic #artsy #goldsmithscollege #nowplaying #band #author #publisher #blogpost #rarible #royalties #thief #thieves #artist #singer #songwriter #producer
#independentartist #musicianlife

Council for Innovation Promotion

@council4ip.bsky.social

2 months ago

Fact Check: The Myth of So-Called "Royalty Free" and "Open" Standards The word “open” has become increasingly misused in the world of technology standards. In policy and antitrust terms, an open standard is one developed through an open and transparent process,…

❌ Myth: Eliminating royalties fosters #innovation.

✅ Fact: #Patent #royalties are what sustain long-term #innovation by allowing inventors to recover R&D costs and reinvest in new #technologies.

For more:

Wilayah My

@wilayahmy.bsky.social

3 months ago

India Challenges Big Tech With Royalty Mandate Proposal A Turning Point in AI Governance: India Challenges Big Tech With Royalty Mandate Proposal India’s proposal mandating royalties for AI training marks a critical turning point in the future of artificial intelligence governance. For decades, AI developers have trained models on vast amounts of public content — news, books, artwork, social media posts — without […]

India Challenges Big Tech With Royalty Mandate Proposal #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #Royalties #AIGovernance

Dan Papworth

@thelivesaroundus.bsky.social

3 months ago

After reading @ethical-consumer.bsky.social magazine, I have closed my Spotify account and moved to Qobuz. Here's to a better deal for artists and human-curated content! #music #musicians #royalties

Ammerins

@ammerins.bsky.social

3 months ago

Thank you #library lenders in NL for borrowing my translations on granny squares, sewing, watercolouring, Minecraft building, vegetarian cooking and that chicklit trilogy I totally forgot what it's about... Despite hardly doing any book translations, I still appreciate the #royalties

The Adult Fun and Politics Time Line!

@fantasystudio.bsky.social

3 months ago

Cher Scores Near-Complete Victory in Royalties War, Mary Bono Vows Appeal: In a final judgment, Cher won the right to recover potentially substantial costs from Mary Bono and to be the conduit passing along the royalties she sold to… #Cher #Royalties #MusicNews #LegalVictory #IconicArtistsGroup

Blaze Trends

@blazetrends.bsky.social

3 months ago

Daddy Yankee Sues Ex-Manager Raphy Pina, Ex-Wife Over Millions in Royalty Diversion Daddy Yankee has filed a federal lawsuit against his former manager Raphy Pina and his ex-wife Mireddys González. The suit alleges a multi-million dollar

Daddy Yankee Sues Ex-Manager Raphy Pina, Ex-Wife Over Millions in Royalty Diversion

#DaddyYankee #fraud #MireddysGonzález #RaphyPina #royalties