News 27 August 2015
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Author: Krishma

Why is the music industry blackballing SoundCloud?

Author Krishma
27 August 2015
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PRS is a company that represents songwriters, composers and music publishers, and collects royalties on their behalf whenever an artists music is publicly performed.

After being in a situation, which is described as “no alternative to commence legal proceedings”, PRS for Music will be taking SoundCloud to court.

This is because of a letter that Music Week saw, which was sent to PRS for Music members today, and the letter basically explained that SoundCloud have said that they do not need a PRS for Music licence for its service, which is available through the UK and Europe, on their website and app. Therefore no payments have ever been made from the plays on their platform.

PRS for Music commented: “If the streaming market is to reach its true potential and offer a fair return for our members, organisations such as SoundCloud must pay for their use of our members’ music.”

250 tracks have already been taken down from SoundCloud, as PRS for Music sent a list of 4,500 musical works of their songwriters and publishers, claiming that no payments were made for them, so they need to be taken down.