{"id":561787,"date":"2023-03-09T22:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-study-urges-ftc-to-investigate-streaming-deals\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T22:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:45:16","slug":"new-study-urges-ftc-to-investigate-streaming-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-study-urges-ftc-to-investigate-streaming-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"#New study urges FTC to investigate streaming deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e12492d7f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-study-urges-ftc-to-investigate-streaming-deals\/#%E2%80%9CNew_study_urges_FTC_to_investigate_streaming_deals%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;New study urges FTC to investigate streaming deals&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-study-urges-ftc-to-investigate-streaming-deals\/#The_nonprofit_advocacy_group_Public_Knowledge_has_published_a_new_study_on_the_structural_issues_in_the_streaming-based_music_industry_urging_the_Federal_Trade_Commission_to_investigate_further\" >The nonprofit advocacy group Public Knowledge has published a new study on the structural issues in the streaming-based music industry, urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate further.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_study_urges_FTC_to_investigate_streaming_deals%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;New study urges FTC to investigate streaming deals&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_nonprofit_advocacy_group_Public_Knowledge_has_published_a_new_study_on_the_structural_issues_in_the_streaming-based_music_industry_urging_the_Federal_Trade_Commission_to_investigate_further\"><\/span>The nonprofit advocacy group Public Knowledge has published a new study on the structural issues in the streaming-based music industry, urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate further.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243697\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243698\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The Federal Trade Commission should investigate the music industry\u2019s streaming practices, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/streaming-in-the-dark-where-music-listeners-money-goes-and-doesnt\/\">study<\/a> by the nonprofit consumer advocacy group <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/\">Public Knowledge<\/a> finds. Written by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_F_Rose\">Meredith Rose<\/a> and titled \u201cStreaming in the Dark: Where music listeners\u2019 money goes\u2014and doesn\u2019t,\u201d the new white paper highlights complex issues with the way digital streaming platforms and record labels structure their deals with artists, and charges the FTC with the task of following the money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            \u201cThe streaming market place is fundamentally broken,\u201d Rose writes in the study\u2019s introduction. \u201cConsumers are pouring more than $12 billion dollars a year into music streaming services. From there it enters a dark, labyrinthine economy shaped by centuries-old laws and unchecked market power. When that money emerges out the other side and reaches artists, it has been reduced to fractions of pennies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            According to Rose, the FTC should wield its power to compel companies to disclose their business practices \u2014 by subpoenaing documents and testimony, if necessary \u2014 to bring these shadowy mechanisms to light. The agency \u201cmust pierce the NDA curtain,\u201d she writes, referring to the long-running industry practice of using strict non-disclosure agreements to prevent artists from discussing the nature of their contracts, \u201cto study this marketplace and determine just how bad things are.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Separately, Rose argues that the DOJ\u2019s Antitrust Division should conduct a concurrent investigation into the practices of the publishing side of the music industry, which the department has technically overseen since signing consent decrees with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) more than 70 years ago. (The DOJ is already looking into potential antitrust violations on the live music side of the industry; an ongoing investigation of Live Nation and Ticketmaster entered public discourse following a well-publicized Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco in the fall.)<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cThis isn\u2019t a problem of a couple of people behaving badly,\u201d Rose told Pitchfork\u2019s Marc Hogan, who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/ftc-should-investigate-music-streaming-deals-study-urges\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_brand=p4k&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_social-type=owned\">first reported the study\u2019s findings<\/a>. \u201cThis is a structural problem. We have set it up so that the rational thing to do is going to be a bad outcome for everybody on either end of the chain. If we\u2019re going to fix it, we need to change the system such that these incentives are not structured the way that they are.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243699\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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