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Spotify’s Bundle Plan Is a ‘Betrayal.’ The NMPA Will Make a Legislative Proposal to Fight It (Guest Column)

NMPA president and CEO David Israelite writes about Spotify's bundling plan and a "legislative proposal" coming in a new guest op-ed.

In an unprecedented move, Spotify launched an appeal of that decision, sending us into a half-decade legal odyssey which ultimately resulted in the upholding of our headline rate increaseas well as a few new changes. In fact, in a bombshell last week, it was found that if you can even find where to sign up for the audiobook-only option, the first question Spotify asks you is who your favorite performing artists are – exactly like onboarding a music-only subscriber. In addition to these legal challenges, soon we will unveil a legislative proposal to permanently fix the power imbalance songwriters face by being subject to a compulsory license for their songs.

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