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Who Gets the Value From the Music You Write?

Original: You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value?

Digital Music News is raising the question of who actually captures the value from songwriting, in a debate over how music industry economics distribute revenue between creators and platforms, labels and publishers. Songwriters have long argued they receive a disproportionately small share of streaming income, and discussion continues over whether current royalty models are fair and how they should be reformed.

Why now: Ongoing debate over fair songwriter compensation in the streaming era keeps the distribution of music revenue in the spotlight.

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