Blur drummer Dave Rowntree loses a court bid seeking to continue a legal dispute over how PRS for Music (PRS) distributes so-called “black box” royalties. Rowntree argues that PRS pays unidentified royalties—also described as “black box” or “unidentified” royalties—without properly matching them to the correct songwriter, and that songwriters are not receiving the amounts he believes they are owed. The outlets report that the “black box” category relates to royalties that cannot be attributed to a specific creator because relevant information is missing or inaccurate. Rowntree sought to challenge PRS’s distribution approach and to press his claim for approximately £200 million in unpaid songwriter royalties. The Evening Standard and London Evening Standard both describe his argument that PRS distributes these unidentified royalties in a way that reaches other industry recipients, while The Independent and NME report that the legal action concerns the attribution and distribution of royalties where songwriter identification is not possible. Overall, multiple sources state that his latest court application fails, ending the attempt to keep the £200 million case going.
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree loses £200m legal bid over PRS ‘black box’ royalties
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree loses a court bid seeking to continue a legal dispute over how PRS for Music (PRS) distributes so-called “black box” royalties. Rowntree argues that PRS pays unidentified ro...
- David Rowntree, drummer of Blur, loses his bid to continue a legal challenge involving PRS for Music.
- The dispute concerns “black box” or “unidentified” royalties that cannot be matched to the correct songwriter due to missing or inaccurate information.
- Rowntree argues PRS distributes these unidentified royalties but does not pay them to songwriters as he believes they should be paid.
- The claim is reported as being worth about £200 million in unpaid songwriter royalties.
- Multiple outlets report the court decision as ending Rowntree’s effort to keep the case ongoing.
He had sought to challenge the way PRS distributes royalties that cannot be matched to the correct songwriter due to missing or inaccurate information The post Blur drummer Dave Rowntree loses PRS court battle for £200million “black box” unpaid songwriter royalties appeared first on NME.
1 month agoDavid Rowntree claims that PRS pays ‘black box’ royalties, also known as unidentified royalties, to publishers, but not to songwriters.
1 month agoDavid Rowntree claims that PRS pays ‘black box’ royalties, also known as unidentified royalties, to producers, but not to songwriters
2 months agoDavid Rowntree claims that PRS pays ‘black box’ royalties, also known as unidentified royalties, to producers, but not to songwriters.
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