Spotify and Apple Music Get First Unofficial Remixes Thanks to New Deal
Images via Justin Sullivan/Getty, AppleSpotify has reportedly been in talks to acquire SoundCloud, the free and open music sharing platform, but, with the release of a new DJ Jazzy Jeff song, of all things, that deal may no longer be necessary.
Earlier this year, both Spotify and Apple Music struck deals with Dubset, a streaming service for DJs and remixers, to bring unofficial remixes of songs to their streaming services through its MixBank service. What MixBank does differently than other service, like, say, Soundcloud, is that it scans the uploaded remixed songs, matches the samples to their official songs, and then distributes the royalties based on who owns the original rights to those songs.