by Elise Yablon | Jun 4, 2019 | News
The news is now official: Apple is discontinuing their iTunes software. Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi made the announcement during their Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday (3rd), confirming what people had been speculating all...
by Mark Zapata | Mar 21, 2019 | Editorials
The recent ruling by the Copyright Review Board has once again dragged into the light the issue of songwriter compensation. Songwriters and music streaming services have been quietly battling for a long time while the world enjoys access to millions of songs at the...
by Mark Zapata | Mar 15, 2019 | Editorials
In an aggressive move against songwriters, major streaming services have appealed a decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to increase royalty rates paid to artists. The ruling will increase royalty rates for artists by 44% over 5 years. The 2018 ruling was recently...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 24, 2017 | Streaming Music
If you want to listen to music from a band without buying their album, you probably do one of two things – look the band/song/album up on YouTube or go to Spotify to check it out without paying anything. And while that’s not going to change just yet, an...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 24, 2017 | News, Streaming Music, Tool Insider
Waiting for Tool to follow up 1992006’s 10,ooo Days with their fifth album has been a popular metalhead pastime for at least five years, and while there have been plenty of teases, small hints of progress, and studio updates, it’s been hard to get the...