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Spotify to Finally Stay in Uruguay
By Pittaluga Abogados
Spotify will remain available in Uruguay after the government clarified that recent changes in music copyright law means that the rightsholders—to whom Spotify pays roughly 70% of every dollar it generates for music—should be responsible for these costs.
On December 1, 2023, Spotify announced that it would begin to phase out its service in Uruguay effective January 1, 2024, and fully cease service by February.
The decision came after the government of Uruguay passed a budget bill that included changes to the way music works in the country. The changes in this bill could forced Spotify to pay twice for the same songs. "Unless the government makes it clear that record labels and publishers to whom we pay that 70% should bear the responsibility for these costs, this will make our business of connecting artists and fans unsustainable," the company stated at that moment.
Pittaluga Abogados
Pittaluga Abogados, has initiated its professional practice 20 years ago, as an Intellectual Property Law Firm.
After some years providing a specialized and top level service for foreign clients, many of them among the world premier companies, Pittaluga Abogados obtained a recognized international prestige in said field, which convert it into one of the leaders Intellectual Property Law Firms in Uruguay.
Thus, today in P&A we take pride in emphasizing that our goal has always been and will continue being, to keep a personal relationship with our clients, considering at all times the priorities of our clients as our own, with the belief that each one of them is unique and irreplaceable.
