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So if you subscribe to Spotify and then stream an extremely disproportionate amount of one artist in particular you can actually cause more money to flow to tha

by mfoy_ 11y ago

So if you subscribe to Spotify and then stream an extremely disproportionate amount of one artist in particular you can actually cause more money to flow to that artist than you are paying to Spotify? Sounds like a broken model.

intopieces 11y ago
>Sounds like a broken model. Basically. There was a band that had their fans plan silent tracks while they slept, and it earned them $20k: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690590/spotify-removes-silent-album-that-earned-indie-band-20000 http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5690590/spotify-removes-sil... Personally I think all the artist would be better off setting up donations via PayPal. "Did you steal our work? Throw us a few dollars."