Streaming - and the debate goes on.

You've read what David Byrne had to say about the effect of streaming services on artists and creativity - your homework this week in case you needed reminding.  This article about musicians in Sweden suing record labels has a ton of facts and figures that can be used in the exam.  The musicians claim that the labels aren't giving them a big enough cut of money made through streaming services.  Depending on your record contract, an artist could be in a position where they make £500 compared to the record companies £4,500 from 1 million plays of their music on a streaming service, e.g. Spotify.  On Facebook, the musician and activist Billy Bragg, has argued that musician's shouldn't complain about the streaming services but try to negotiate better contracts with the record companies.

If you haven't heard of Billy Bragg before, check this out.