Not exact matches
And it's not just
new songs that are getting their time in the
licensing spotlight.
Getting the
licensing rights secured for millions of
songs is always a challenge for every
new market, says Andres Sehr, Spotify's marketing director.
The game will ship with a wide array of
licensed tracks, and will also allow players to access extra
songs — and to indulge in online multiplayer competitions — through a
new Guitar Hero TV service, billed by publisher Activision as «the world's first playable live music video network».
The
new fee structure comes with specific cut amounts for entities that play different roles in eventually getting
songs onto a streaming service, and gives songwriters the highest
licensing fee cuts they've had in history.
However, the news comes right as Spotify faces a
new $ 1.6 billion USD lawsuit from Wixen Music Publishing over allegedly using thousands of
songs without
license or compensation.