Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent artists

Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by zimpenfish on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @08:40AM (#20343761)

> Why does it cost more to Spotify to let the unknown-Joe-Blow-not-signed-to-a-label upload his 4-minute song?

Unless I'm mistaken, Spotify would get the new Bieber automagically via an ERN (Electronic Release Notification) delivery which contains asset links, artist, meta, rights information etc. Since that's from a trusted* source, it can be ingested as-is and everyone is happy. For independent uploads, there's almost certainly several steps of human review and possibly interaction - which costs money and time.

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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by nske on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:33AM (#20344121)

If that was the case they could have just passed some handling fees to the indie artists -that would still be much more reasonable than the fees that the artists would have to pay to a publisher. I think the record companies -still in the process of understanding and adjusting to the new business model that Spotify established- pushed for this, one way or the other, to ensure that Spotify doesn't become a competitor like Amazon became to book publishers.

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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by jakelazaroff on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:15AM (#20344444)

Distributing your music isn't really financially burdensome as is. Most distributors cost in the range of $20-$30 per year. Some are even free.

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