{"id":5349,"date":"2015-07-01T06:29:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T06:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/07\/01\/european-independent-music-sector-welcomes-apples-new-terms-for-subscription\/"},"modified":"2015-07-01T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T06:29:44","slug":"european-independent-music-sector-welcomes-apples-new-terms-for-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/07\/01\/european-independent-music-sector-welcomes-apples-new-terms-for-subscription\/","title":{"rendered":"European Independent Music Sector Welcomes Apple&#8217;s New Terms For Subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b7\/Flag_of_Europe.svg\/810px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"218\" height=\"145\" \/><br \/> IMPALA welcomes Apple&#8217;s confirmation earlier this week that it intends  to address concerns over its terms for independent labels and its  commitment to the independent music sector. Apple has made a decision to  pay for all usage of Apple Music under the free trials on a per-play  basis, as well as to modify a number of other terms and issues raised by  independent labels.  <!--more-->  <br \/> Apple has a long standing, deep rooted relationship with the independent  music community and has always helped ensure artists get paid for their  work. We think Apple Music provides artists with a business model that  is good for the long term and we look forward to its launch on June 30.<\/p>\n<p> The new terms, negotiated by Merlin, will apply to all contracts whether  already signed or not, so the whole community benefits from these  negotiations.<\/p>\n<p> IMPALA Executive Chair Helen Smith commented: &#8220;This is a great precedent  in any sector on the benefits of working together and taking a stance  to achieve a fair result. With 80% of all new releases produced by  independent labels, this is also a great result for Apple. Their launch  will now incorporate the very music that makes an online service  attractive to music fans. The involvement of Merlin is vital considering  its fundamental role in strengthening the independent sector. IMPALA  has repeatedly called on online platforms to &#8220;play fair&#8221; and this is an  impressive outcome for independent labels and artists.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: IMPALA<br \/>Image credit: Creative Common License<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPALA welcomes Apple&#8217;s confirmation earlier this week that it intends to address concerns over its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}