This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Robert Levine, writing for Billboard, about Apple’s new proposed royalty structure for streaming music services: Apple’s suggested royalty structure would make accounting simpler and more transparent, but it would also make it more costly to run a free service, since streaming companies would have to pay a minimum rate, rather than a percentage of revenue. The current system arguably benefits Spotify and YouTube, since their free tiers don’t generate much revenue compared to paid services. Seems win/win for Apple here: They score points with artists, and they make Spotify look bad. Expand - View Original
I'm all for restructuring the revenue model, and I can easily see Apple being the ones to do it successfully.