The logo of the music streaming service Spotify is displayed on a smartphone on April 20, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
The Music Artists Coalition and the Songwriters of North America have filed a joint amicus brief urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the Copyright Royalty Board's royalty rate increase for copyright owners, the organizations announced Tuesday . The brief urges the court to uphold the 2018 decision by the copyright royalty judges to award publishers and songwriters a 44% rate increase by 2022.
“For over a century, songwriters have been subject to a compulsory license, now embodied in section 115 of the Copyright Act, that determines the price to be paid for reproduction and distribution of the musical works they create,” the brief states. “There is no comparable example of a profession where the government sets the price for one’s labors....
In a press release announcing the amicus brief, the organizations note that the 110-year-old compulsory license has a “depressive effect” on songwriter income and hasn’t kept pace with the actual value of musical works. “If I were trying to make it as a songwriter today dependent on digital royalties, I wouldn’t be able to sustain a livelihood the way I once did from the income of physical sales,” said SONA co-founder and board member. “Without sharing in master royalties, merchandising or touring revenue, most songwriters now have to consider holding down a second job. I sincerely hope the D.C.
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