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I won't be using Spotify. Spotify is partly owned by the music industry, who acquired their shareholding not by stumping up money like the other investors, but
by cabalamat 17y ago
I won't be using Spotify. Spotify is partly owned by the music industry, who acquired their shareholding not by stumping up money like the other investors, but by threatening them with lawsuits unless they were given free shares. (As an aside, wanna guess what percentage of profits the music industry make out of this will go to musicians? I suspect fuck all).
Iniquitous as that is, it's not my reason for boycotting Spotify. The reason is that the music industry want to destroy my freedom, and helping them in any way makes it easier for them to do this. They want to be judge, jury and executioner over anyone's right to have an internet connection, and they want all computing hardware to be locked down like the iPad.
Well I don't want that future. And if you don't want it too, I suggest you never buy anything from the RIAA/IFPI, and explain to all your friends why it's in their interests not to either.
- rossriley 17y agoIf artists get 4.5million streams a month they earn minimum wage. Source: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music-artists-earn-online/ http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music...
- DrJokepu 17y ago"Rates to not include publishing & performance rights for song writers" - even though that's where most of the income comes from.
- mzl 17y agoThe source for that figure is nothing more than a guess. It takes the approximate number of UK premium subscribers, multiplies by 12 months and £10. Then it arbitrarily doubles the amount to account for advertising income, and divides by the total number of streams in all countries. I don't know how much an artist may get from Spotify, but my guess is that it is significantly more than from radio.
- marknutter 17y agoNot to mention artists can make money from other things besides streaming. They can sell merch, play shows, etc.