Private equity firm Shamrock Capitol currently owns the masters of some of Swift’s albums she released under Big Hit Music. Artists like Taylor Swift have also been fighting to regain a larger share of the royalties to their music by re-recording and releasing new versions of songs. In March, over 300 songwriters wrote an open letter demanding that artists stop “using bully tactics and threats” to infringe on a songwriter’s royalties for writing top songs. TangentĬonflicts over copyright and royalties continue in the music industry. High-paying jobs in Oregon also come with higher costs. The company’s pilot program collected over $100,000 in royalties on behalf of initial members, including comedians Lewis Black, Gerry Dee and Dan Cummins. Costs are high in Alaska and Hawaii primarily due to their remote locations, making it more. Spoken Giants, which launched in 2019, claims on its website to be the”first global rights administration company” for “spoken word copyrights,” and represents comedians, podcast authors and speech writers. Spotify did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment, but told the Wall Street Journal, the company has paid “significant amounts of money” for comedy content and wants “to continue” doing so.

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