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Songwriters Losing Royalties

Songwriters Losing RoyaltiesAudiam says songwriters such as pop-punk band A Day to
Remember are being underpaid and claims that in the 10 months ended January, while
Spotify users listened more than 708,000 times to Out of Time, it paid no
songwriter royalties at all.

Some music-publishing executives claims services such as Spotify, YouTube and
Google All Access collectively owe US$50-75 million in royalties to songwriters
and music publishers.