The Uruguayan Parliament approved an amendment to the country's copyright law last month

Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists:: The Uruguayan Parliament approved an amendment to the country’s copyright law last month

  • Magrath@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 months ago

    What is Agadu? Seems like a pretty high tax considering the remaining 40% go to those who made the music .

    • Brunacho@feddit.clEnglish
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      11 months ago

      AGADU is the society of authors. Kind of an union (it’s not an union but sort of). It’s suppossed role is defending the rights of authors

    • Mahlzeit@feddit.deEnglish
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      11 months ago

      It’s a copyright management firm. Some countries have government-sponsored monopolists for that. This looks like one of those.

      The author of a song and the performers may not be the same (most obvious with covers). Most of the money collected by Agadu is presumably paid out to the authors/songwriters (or whoever they sold the rights to?), minus management fees. Whether the pay-out scheme is fair, may be another point of contention. Think about a live band playing covers by various authors in some bar: How is it tracked what they play, and how much should be given to each of the many different authors? I don’t know how that works in Uruguay, but my country has a system of that sort.