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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by oldgregg on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @09:28AM (#20344080)
This. All the major labels did not support spotify out of good will-- Spotify uses hollywood accounting to give the labels the spoils. Same exploitation of artists thats been going on for 100 years.
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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by neka on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @10:23AM (#20344513)
No it doesn't, Spotify provides line-level accounting for every stream to the rightsholders. What they then do to account to artists could be anything.
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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by oldgregg on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @11:27AM (#20345100)
Doesn't matter. Do they provide line-level accounting for ad revenue? Do you know what percentage of TOTAL revenue gets paid to artists?
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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by neka on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @11:49AM (#20345346)
No because Spotify pay the rightsholders who may or may not be the artist.
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Re:Spotify shuts down direct music uploading for independent... by oldgregg on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:27PM (#20347106)
You're missing the point. Let's say Spotify pays rightholders 20% of gross revenue for streaming. Then they take another 40% of the gross revenue and pay the major labels for advertising, marketing... whatever. That's hollywood accounting-- it's not streaming revenue so they don't have to report it. Ever notice the labels don't complain that the streaming rates are so notoriously low? Why don't BMG/UMG/WMG just band together and demand an increase in streaming revenue? Because they WANT to keep it low so they make the real money on non-streaming revenue that doesn't go to rightsholders. Maintaining control is the issue and that's why they forced Spotify to make people work through their "partners"
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