Has music copyright “never had it so good”?

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including former Spotify economist Will Page's claim that “music copyright has never had it so good”, with – by his calculations – the value of the wider music rights business now almost $40 billion worldwide, and the changes over at Amazon Prime Music with more music but less functionality. SECTION TIMES 01: Will Page report (00:09:15) 02: Amazon Music (00:28:04) (Timings may be slightly different due to adverts) STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK • Will Page says “music copyright has never had it so good” as global revenues reach almost $40 billion • Amazon shuffles its Prime Music offer, full 100 million track catalogue now available ALSO MENTIONED • BBC celebrates 70 years of singles chart by playing most streamed track released each year • Listen to the full Setlist theme tune MORE FROM CMU • Upcoming CMU webinars • Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon • Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin