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Episode: Competition law concerns over Spotify’s royalty plans
Description: CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, competition law expert (as well as musician and label owner) Amelia Fletcher's letter to Spotify boss Daniel Ek about the streaming service's plan for a two-tier royalty system, and the rickrolling takedown battle between two stream-ripping platforms.
SECTION TIMES
01: Spotify (00:04:27)
02: Stream-ripping (00:19:56)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• Spotify two-tier payment “discriminatory and exploitative” says competition law expert
• Stream-ripper gets court order to identify wh...