Spotify has now calculated that, retrospectively, according to the CRB decision, many music publishers actually owe it money for 2018, due to an overpayment based on the prior rates. And guess what? It wants that money back. Spotify told the publishers the news this week and, as you can imagine, these companies are fuming about it.
Source: Spotify: We ‘overpaid’ songwriters and their publishers in 2018, and we would like our money back