'Are you listening?' Swedish songwriters accuse streaming companies of short-changing them
by Helienne Lindvall from Technology | The Guardian on (#36P0)
An open letter signed by the people behind hits for Britney Spears, the Saturdays and Janet Jackson insists: 'It's time to say thank you for the music'
Swedish songwriters have written an open letter demanding a bigger slice of the revenue generated from digital music streaming services such as Spotify and YouTube.
The piece headlined 'It's time to say thank you for the music' and published in Aftonbladet, one of Scandinavia's biggest newspapers, is signed by 133 songwriters and producers behind hits by acts including Janet JacksonRobyn, the Saturdays and Britney Spears.
