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Re:How would user-centric payouts affect the music-streaming... by georgn on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @05:53PM (#18869848)
Related from a few years back: https://medium.com/cuepoint/how-to-make-streaming-royalties-...
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Re:How would user-centric payouts affect the music-streaming... by barbecue_sauce on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @06:05PM (#18869938)
This article doesn't seem to mention ads at all. I have been using Spotify for at least 6 years now, and have never paid for it.
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Re:How would user-centric payouts affect the music-streaming... by longerthoughts on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @08:03PM (#18870636)
Good point. Maybe ad revenue from your sessions goes into the pro rata pool somehow?
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