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Re:How we pay royalties: an overview by gphil on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @02:26PM (#6842497)
Only if the listeners started listening to the new band as often as the existing band. Number of "streams" == number of plays.
Re:How we pay royalties: an overview by Sniperfish on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @02:29PM (#6842522)
Confirmed in their section 'Wait, I thought Spotify paid per stream?' as "Every time somebody listens to a song on Spotify it generates payments".