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# This Week in Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-2-27/
- Published: 2015-08-23T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-08-23T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: This week in music commentary we hear from BandPage's Doug Scott, Apple pushes back against a negative MusicWatch survey, and Matisyahu speaks about being dropped from a Spanish music festival.
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, American Jews, Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jews, Matisyahu, Music of Spain, Proposals for a Palestinian state, Rototom Sunsplash, Spain, State of Palestine, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d12f2acd970c-100wi](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0866f836970d-100wi "6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d12f2acd970c-100wi")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0866f836970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)This week in music commentary we hear from **BandPage's Doug Scott**, **Apple** pushes back against a **negative MusicWatch survey**, and **Matisyahu** speaks about being dropped from a Spanish music festival.
- **[Who Really Owns Music: Exploring The Dizzying Spiral Of Music Rights And Payments](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/08/who-really-owns-music-exploring-the-dizzying-spiral-of-music-rights-and-payments-draft.html?ref=hypebot.com)**
- **[BandPage's Doug Scott On How Their Rhapsody Partnership Makes Musicians Money](https://www.hypebot.com/3-questions-with-bandpages-doug-scott-on-how-their-rhapsody-partnership-makes-musicians-money/)**
- **[Apple Says MusicWatch Survey Underestimates Apple Music Retention](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/08/apple-pushes-back-says-survey-underestimate-apple-music-rentention-.html)**
- **[Matisyahu Responds To Being Dropped From Fest Over Israeli Boycott](https://www.hypebot.com/matisyahu-responds-to-being-dropped-from-fest-over-israeli-boycott/)**

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