One of SoundCloud's biggest advantage over other streaming services has been its large library of unofficial remixes and DJ remixes (although they have rethought their open policy as of late). It appears Spotify and Apple Music are bridging that gap, however.
After signing deals with music rights management company Dubset, the services are now able to identify (and compensate) copyright holders whose music is used in each mix. Dubset uses software called MixBank, which scans mixes and analyze what tracks are used. It's able to track the start and end points of each song used and finds a match in its database to figure out who gets royalty fees.
Unofficial remixes are starting to show up on both Apple Music and Spotify, and DJ mixes will be coming soon according to TechCrunch.
“Content owners have been very supportive," Dubset CEO Stephen White says. "The publishing and label deals we have under license provides a large catalog to work with,” White tells me. This “allows some of the content that until now has only been on YouTube and SoundCloud to come to these great paid services where content owners will get paid!”
As an example of the new technology, White pointed to a new DJ Jazzy Jeff remix of Anderson .Paak's "Room In Here," which can be streamed via Spotify below.
