> The difference is far from academic because most artists receive 50% of the royalties for a licence but a much lower figure, typically between 12% and 22%, fo

> The difference is far from academic because most artists receive 50% of the royalties for a licence but a much lower figure, typically between 12% and 22%, for a sale. Hard to comprehend how a label can seriously claim they deserve 86.5% of streaming revenue. Not like they sunk any considerable money into Four Tet, just sat back and watched the money roll in. What a ripoff, that's 2.2 million streams to make $1000 on spotify.