How A European Court Decision Could Lead To a Pay Day For U.S. Artists

LONDON — For decades, U.S. musicians have been denied royalties for the use of their music overseas.
While other, international acts get paid, a complex web of reciprocal agreements between countries has historically punished American artists for the lack of terrestrial radio performance rights and public performance rights in the U.S. As a result, recording artists and rights holders in the U.S. lost out on an estimated $350 million in royalty payments in 2019 from “unfair treatment