Rock stars amp up in digital music copyright war

Politico reports:

There are a lot of policy meetings on Capitol Hill — and they pretty much never end in song.

But when Republican congressional aides sat down recently for a meeting on musicians’ rights, the person across the table was Aloe Blacc, the songwriter behind “Wake Me Up,” which earlier this year was revealed as the most streamed song in Spotify history. Not your typical Washington lobbyist, the Grammy-nominated artist busted out an a cappella version of one of his unreleased songs as the hourlong meeting wrapped.

The struggle to protect the copyright.