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I think the point is an elite artist tops out at 92k, meaning unknown artists will be making peanuts for their contributions. You're not supposed to pity that t

• ashelmire 8y ago
  It’s for a single day on a single platform for a single song. That’s a large amount of money even for the biggest stars to make in a day.
• dgzl 8y ago
  The artist isn't making that money, the rights holder is. Who knows how many hands see that money before the artist does.
  • jjeaff 8y ago
    Well, at least due to the effect of technology on music, many unknown artists are able to produce their own music and go directly to Spotify and other services. And they do that quite often now though I don't know that many making a living on streaming royalties.
• jlarocco 8y ago
  That's nonsense, and the given evidence doesn't support the conclusion. $92k in a day is ton of money by almost any measure. Even more so because the song was recorded 24 years ago. It's possible most artists are getting screwed, but the example given doesn't show that at all. The real takeaway from this example should be how broken the copyright system is. It's disgusting that somebody can still milk out $92k a day for work they did 24 years ago.