Songwriters, Music Publishers Lodge FTC Complaint Against Spotify

The trade group accuses the Sweden-based music streaming giant of underpaying royalties to artists while overcharging subscribers.
Songwriters, Music Publishers Lodge FTC Complaint Against Spotify
A smartphone in front of a screen projection of the Spotify logo taken on April 1, 2018. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
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Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, has been named in a federal fraud complaint by the largest group of songwriters in the United States.

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) alleges in a complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that Spotify is defrauding performing artists and customers alike by bundling audiobooks into its premium music packages.

Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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