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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by geden on Thursday November 23, 2023 @06:14PM (#38398830)
Many indies offer a 50/50 net profit split. At volume the costs become quite small with CDs.

Majors usually seek to minimise royalties and have many well documented and some less well documented ways to reduce royalties by either chipping away at the headline rate with deductions or shrinking the base price.

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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by troupo on Friday November 24, 2023 @02:35AM (#38401454)
With some indie aggregators that upload your music to Spotify you can get 100% royalties: https://artists.spotify.com/providers (only going by the descriptions)
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Re:Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring... by geden on Friday November 24, 2023 @12:34PM (#38406227)
Indeed. But by using one you are tacitly signalling to the industry you are not a serious player. Typically 10-15% is what you'd pay now an aggregator that caters to recognised artists and labels.

But better than nothing as a place to start.

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