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Goodbye Spotify

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Re: Goodbye Spotify

#101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

distrokid charges a flat fee to put your stuff on the distributors. they're holding up their end spotify is distributing without paying the artists

Correct. Distrokid isn't the problem here, they've not altered any terms.

I’d only argue that Distrokid and other distributors are part of the problem though. They should be advocating vigorously for their clients and I haven’t seen any of them put out any kind of statement about this.

Re: Goodbye Spotify

#102

I have music on Spotify that I will be removing as well because of their decision not to pay out small artist streams under a certain amount. I pay a distributor (distrokid) to send out music, and do not have a direct agreement with Spotify. As far as I'm concerned, monetizing my music without my consent is theft. Their argument is that the stream amount is so low it ends up not being worth the transaction. On a mora…

I'm sure they'll miss you given you weren't even breaking their pitifully low stream threshold for payout. If you don't like the platform's terms, don't choose them as a place you want DistroKid to put your music. This comment is so entitled and pathetic.

Pitifully low stream threshold? They are about to demonetize 2/3 of all tracks on their platform.
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