A new study claims the music industry is losing $2.65 BILLION a year from coffee shops and other small businesses.
Because when they play music in their stores, they’re supposed to pay a licensing fee. But a lot of them don’t. They’re just playing it from a personal streaming account like Spotify and Apple Music.
According to the study, only 17% of businesses obtain licenses, while 83% illegally use a personal music service in public business settings.
In a way, it’s a little like having a theater and playing content from your personal Netflix account for everyone to watch. That seems like an obvious no-no . . . but a lot of business owners don’t realize they can’t do that with music either.
The study found that an average of $8.33 a month is lost from each business using a personal music subscription, and an average of $11.96 a month is lost from every business using a FREE personal music service.
