Music Publishers FTC complaint escalates battle, Spotify responds hypebot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hypebot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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(Bloomberg) The National Music Publishers’ Association, a trade group that represents music publishers and songwriters, filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday about Spotify Technology SA’s decision to provide audiobooks to subscribers, which resulted in reduced royalty payments to songwriters.The audiobooks addition gave Spotify leeway to reclassify its premium subscription offering as a “bundle.” Under a complicated system set by the US Copyright Royalty Board, t