Does Four Tet’s streaming settlement set a precedent?

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Four Tet and Domino's settlement of their legal battle over what royalty rate the musician should be paid on streams and what it could mean for other artists, plus Belgium’s decision to add equitable remuneration to streams and IMPALA’s plea to other European countries not to follow suit.

STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK

• Domino Records settles Four Tet dispute, commits to pay 50% royalty on digital

• Domino comments on Four Tet settlement, insists no precedent set

• Belgium introduces ER right on streams

• IMPALA calls for French style agreements on fair digital remuneration instead of ER

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• French performer and label groups reach voluntary agreement regarding digital remuneration

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