Small Businesses Cost The Music Industry A Reported $2.6 Billion In Unpaid Commercial Streaming (Genius)
71 percent of US small businesses don’t know they can’t use personal streaming services for background music. While a subscription to Spotify or Apple Music is a great way for music fans to legally access all the content they love, the same can’t be said for businesses. A store or restaurant of any size isn’t…
Music Loses $2.65 Billion a Year From the Likes of Coffee Shops (Rolling Stone)
Soundtrack Your Brand and Nielsen study says 83 percent of small businesses are not paying for proper music rights. Piracy is the perhaps the most visible of the music industry’s money woes, but it’s not the only one. The global music industry also loses out on $2.65 billion every year because of small businesses misusing personal music-streaming…
L’industria discografica perde $2,65 miliardi all’anno per la musica di sottofondo (Rolling Stone Italy)
La pirateria è forse la più visibile tra le disgrazie economiche dell’industria musicale, ma non è l’unica. Secondo uno studio condotto da Nielsen Music e pubblicato da Soundtrack Your Brand, globalmente il settore perde $2,65 miliardi ogni anno a causa di piccoli esercizi commerciali che utilizzano impropriamente account di streaming. Quando un negozio, ristorante o…
Attention Shoppers: The Background Music You Hear May Not Be Licensed (Wall Street Journal)
Businesses that play music from consumer streaming services like Spotify are underpaying by as much as $2.65 billion, a new study estimates. LOS ANGELES—Luis Ulloa keeps his Spotify account blasting at his Blackbird Pizza Shop, which he opened late last year in a former punk-rock clothing store on Melrose Ave. The neighborhood native pays the…
Music Industry Is Missing Out on $2.65B a Year From Stores’ Improper Streaming, Says Study (Billboard)
The music industry is missing out on $2.65 billion annually due to businesses using personal music services in their storefronts, according to a Nielsen Music study. The music industry is missing out on $2.65 billion annually due to businesses using personal music services in their storefronts, according to a Nielsen Music study.The report was funded…
Music rights holders lose $2.65bn annually because businesses are using personal streaming accounts (Music Business Worldwide)
Music rights-holders around the world may be losing out on at least $2.65 billion each year. That’s because small businesses like coffee shops or restaurants are playing background music through personal streaming accounts, according to a new study by Nielsen Music, commissioned by Soundtrack Your Brand. Of around 5,000 small business owners interviewed – in…
What happens if you use commercial facility BGM and music distribution services with your personal account? (Rolling Stone Japan)
The global music industry is said to lose $2.65 billion every year, and one of the causes is said to be illegal use of personal music distribution services by small companies. On the 15th, local time in the United States, the results of a joint investigation by Soundtrack Your Brand, which develops licensing services, and…
Music Industry Loses $2.65 billion a year over improper licensing by small businesses (The Independent)
Experts behind study have called it a ‘wake up call’ for anyone creating music. The global music industry is losing out on billions each year because of small businesses misusing personal streaming services, according to a new report. The study, conducted by Nielsen Music and published via licensing service Soundtrack Your Brand, found that just 17 per cent of…
Bringing The Streaming Music Revolution To Small Businesses (Recording Academy)
Music adds so much to atmosphere, and commercial background-music services can help deliver competitive advantages to business customers. “Licensed soundtracks for small businesses offer a win-win musical opportunity” — Conversations In Advocacy #40 Innovation in U.S. compensation for music’s creators took a huge step forward last week as the Music Modernization Act was signed into law,…
Is your business streaming music for customers? That’s breaking the law (The Guardian)
According to a new report, 83% of businesses are streaming personal music services for public use – and it’s costing the music industry $2.65bn a year. I was out last night at a local restaurant with my family and not only enjoyed the lamb chops, but loved the awesome 80s music that they piped into…