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Re:AI-powered music scam nets musician $10M in royalties–and... by blitzar on Thursday September 05, 2024 @11:53AM (#41457783)
120,000 extra plays a day would have increased the revenue of the streaming platform via played advertisements.

The increased revenue pool in theory means that other artists were unaffected, Spotify made extra money, the fraudulent artist made extra money and the advertisers lost money. This is probably why they waited 7 years and till they had IPO'd to pull the plug.

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Re:AI-powered music scam nets musician $10M in royalties–and... by jzb on Thursday September 05, 2024 @02:09PM (#41459087)
What is the split between ad revenue vs. subscriber revenue? When I used Spotify I was a subscriber so they got one flat fee from me per month that didn't increase no matter how many times I played a song.
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