The Tennessean wrote about David Israelite’s recent Nashville State of the Union for Music Publishing event in their article about Spotify’s recent bundling controversy.
David Israelite, president and CEO of the National Music Publishers Association, told a group gathered at an AIMP Nashville chapter State of the Union for Music Publishing event, that despite working with Spotify through multiple phases of talks over songwriter royalty infringements, Spotify has opted to, what Israelite says is “manipulate the agreement and pay songwriters less.”
– Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean
“About 13 years ago we found them in a massive infringement situation,” Israelite said during the conference. “And we had to make a hard decision about whether or not we wanted to sue them and probably end their existence. Or whether we wanted to try to figure out how to make their business work so that they could make money so that songwriters could make money. We chose the path of partnership at that time. And so we figured out a way to deal with their massive infringement.”