Description: Songwriters threaten to withhold their music if stations don’t give them a bigger share of revenue.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: Nov 22, 2017
Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-22/your-favorite-radio-hits-may-go-silent
Questions for discussion:
- Explain how the music industry pays royalties to artists.
- Do you think the artists can reasonably demand more from distributors?
- Is this a zero-sum game?
