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Except Spotify doesn't pay artists. I'd be glad to pay them if they paid artists.
by linkmotif 9y ago
Except Spotify doesn't pay artists. I'd be glad to pay them if they paid artists.
- cm2012 9y agoThey pay more than radio per listen.
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- coldtea 9y agoThe are serving songs on demand where radio is not, so what they pay shouldn't be compared with radio.
- mahyarm 9y agoSo instead of the record firm chosen top 50 and the nostalgia 200 it gives the long tail radio play payments too.
- jessaustin 9y agoIt isn't clear what this means. Are you saying that radio isn't as valuable because we can't be sure that anyone is listening? That isn't the way that radio sells its advertising: "We charge less for ads because much of the time nobody is listening!" Beside the study that GP presumably references [0] specifically controlled for audience size. [0] http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1155395/business-matters-why-spotify-royalties-are-greater-than-radio-royalties http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1155395/business-...
- mortehu 9y agoRadio isn't as valuable because you don't get to choose what you're listening to. Your favorite artist may never be on the radio.
- coldtea 9y agoNo, I'm saying Spotify is more like owing the records -- you can play whatever you want, replay it as many times as you like, etc, than radio, which offers a lesser service. So artists should get more from Spotify than they do for radio plays anyway.
- tormeh 9y agoOf course they don't pay artists. That's not the people Spotify has contracts with. Spotify pays labels, and Spotify pays them a lot. That nothing emerges on the other side is not Spotify's fault.
- linkmotif 9y agoRight but the label is the equivalent the publisher in this case aka the institution that adds no value.