Napster Late Royalty Payments Draws Backlash From Labels, Distributors
At least half a dozen distributors and record labels are frustrated with the streaming service Napster due to late royalty payments, executives tell Billboard. In some cases, rights holders say Napster is a few months behind schedule; in others, the lag on payments is well over a year. Napster, despite its history as a pirate-disruptor to the recorded music business around the turn of the century, has long operated as […]