Studio musicians are still waiting for credit in the streaming era ~music Article 2901 words, published May 11 2024 22 votes
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson just negotiated higher audio royalties for all audiobooks on Audible ~books Article 451 words 56 votes
Danish man on trial over accusations he fraudulently made more than £502,000 in royalties on music streaming sites ~music Article 609 words 9 votes
Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker Kosta Boda for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’ – landmark case may open door to retrospective claims across bloc ~design Article 1074 words 6 votes
Alan Moore interview: ‘I’m giving all my screen royalties to Black Lives Matter’ ~comics Article 343 words, published Sep 13 2023 20 votes
They’re the names you don’t know. Hollywood’s ‘journeyman’ actors explain why they are striking. ~tv Article 1461 words, published Jul 24 2023 13 votes
ABBA's massive 1979 hit Chiquitita has never earned the Swedish supergroup a penny – Björn Ulvaeus gave the copyright to Unicef ~music pop Article 935 words 6 votes
Kanye West's worst nightmare is coming true — Adidas plans to sell Yeezys under new branding ~design fashion Article 535 words 4 votes
How a NYTimes reporter, Ian Urbina, collects royalties from hundreds of musicians via the Outlaw Ocean Music Project ~music Video 20:03 10 votes
Alan Dean Foster—author of novelizations of Star Wars: A New Hope, the Alien franchise, and more—says that Disney has not paid any royalties since acquiring the rights to his books ~books science fiction Article 875 words 20 votes
Spotify announces that artists and labels will be able to select specific tracks for its algorithms to prioritize in exchange for being paid a lower royalty rate ~music Article 507 words, published Nov 2 2020 21 votes
A true story of "copyright piracy": Why The Verve will only start getting royalties now for Bittersweet Symphony ~music Article 1386 words 8 votes