Spotify, Pandora, Amazon and Google want to Sue You

Hey, guess what? Music behemoths are forming an army of giants in order to fight you and your band. That is something that you should probably take as a compliment, but it is also, obviously, nuts. Spotify, Pandora, Amazon and Google are literally crying to the DC Court of Appeals that they will go under if they pay artists the 44% increase that the Copyright Royalty Board is asking for over the next four years. We at HLYCRP don’t pay attention to stuff like this as a rule, because it’s bonkers, and also mean. But it’s an interesting slice of where the world is at right now. If you write good songs, or record good music, then you are the ones they’re after… just something to think about. (This image is “The Giant” by Goya.)