Apple denies the claims made by some artists, in which they say they are they are threatening to remove your songs from iTunes, if they do not enroll in Apple Music, as Rolling Stone magazine reports. A company spokesperson said that as a result of the licensing negotiations, this will never happen.
The controversy arose earlier this week, when Anthony Newcombe, from the psychedelic rock group, 'The Brian Jonestown Massacre', where he tweeted the following: "What if I say no? We will remove your music from iTunes". Newcombe claims that Apple asked his band that their music was without rights for 3 months, probably to cover the free trial 3 months that they are offering to users. «The biggest company on earth, wants to use my job to earn money for 3 months and without paying us anything«. Newcombe responded angrily. Now,, we show you the tweet where he expressed his anger.
The biggest company on earth wants to use my work to make money for 3 months and pay me nothing - of I say no, I'm banned
- antonnewcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 17, 2015
Apple's public denial of Newcombe's claim has not silenced the musician. The last few days have passed retweeting articles y user responses, regarding his stormy tweet.
Royalties have long been an important point of discord between artists and streaming music companies, evidenced by a long list of lawsuits from Pandora and the well-known Taylor Swift with Spotify, last November.
Apple Music will be released at the end of the month. After the 3-month free trial period, users in the United States, Spain and many countries will have to pay the price announced by Apple, and is 9,99 and 14,99 dollars / Euros per month respectively. Apple is going to give content owners (Music Artists) a few 71,5% of subscription revenue in the US., and a little more than that abroad.