Senate members urge FTC to investigate the high -prices Spotify subscription

Two American Senators from the Federal Trade Committee (FTC) requested an investigation into Spotify because of the allegations that the company collected its services for music and audio books in a more expensive subscription without obtaining the user’s approval, while also reducing the payments of the kings for creators in this process.

On Friday, June 20, US Senate Marsha Blackburn and Ben Ray Logan Written a letter To FTC, claiming that Spotify has transformed standard installments into high -cost assembled subscriptions without informing consumers. They also highlighted that existing American regulations Allow digital music presenters to pay the average ownership rights of the reduced music if the subscription is assembled with other legal presentations.

“It seems that Spotfi’s intention is clear – to reduce the legal royalties that it pays for the book of songs and music publishers. This is not only harmful to our creative community, but this procedure has also damaged consumers.”

Last year, and Collective mechanical license (MLC) filed a lawsuit against Spotify for compensation for the song and publishers book, but the lawsuit was rejected in January.

In March 2024, Spotify restructured its distinctive layers to include 15 hours of audio books, raising the price to $ 12 for individuals and $ 20 for families. Users should manually cancel the plan.

According to what was reported, this change caused the number of publishers 230 million dollars in the first year, according to Daniel AgiriExecutive Vice President of the National Publishers Association.

In a joint statement with diverseA Spotify spokesman indicated that users have been notified a month before the price increased and the statute provides “an easy cancellation in addition to multiple plans for users to consider it.”