I agree and I think this is really the key demand that they should have organized around. Splitting up the revenues based on what you actually listen to is real

I agree and I think this is really the key demand that they should have organized around. Splitting up the revenues based on what you actually listen to is really how things should work from a fairness perspective to artists. It also is likely more compatible with heavier listeners than their demand of 1c per stream. To put that number into context, I listen to ~1000 songs per month on Spotify and I pay $2.50 for Spotify each month using a family plan. I'm not sure how the economics of 1c per stream are supposed to work out there. Soundcloud has already gone in the direction of paying out based on what you actually listen to, and it would be great to see Spotify and other platforms follow suit. See http://fanpoweredroyalties.com/ http://fanpoweredroyalties.com/ for more details on Soundcloud's implementation.