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Spotify Examined: What Their Report Really Says

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Re: Spotify Examined: What Their Report Really Says

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Post by josefwasinski »

wil421 wrote: post #8

>A Spotify Premium user isn't the average music fan. Disagree I consider myself the average music fan and the reason I like this service is that I have all my music with me where ever I go, even if its not my device. Other people I know who use Spotify are mostly average the other half isnt. Spotify has converted me from a pirate in my younger days to a paid music subscriber.

This is why I buy ebooks from Amazon when I can just as easily pirate them, the knowledge that I have a digital archive that I can transfer from device to device with ease (I use itunes match rather than spotify for the same reason).

Re: Spotify Examined: What Their Report Really Says

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Post by earbitscom »

wmf wrote: post #23
earbitscom wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, there is also a bit of this at play when Spotify talks about what they pay artists. They say they pay an average of 70% of revenues, but they don't explain that major labels get way better rates per stream, not just because of the volume of streams. It would be akin to Wal Mart boasting an average $22 per hour salary for all workers because their CEO makes $100M a year while all others make minimum wage.

That doesn't really square with Spotify's own explanation where equal market share should get equal payout: http://www.spotifyartists.com/spotify-explained/#royalties-i...

In that first graph is says X 4 (Artist's Royalty Rate). So it is based on market share, and some rate, which they would have simply said is Y had it been the same for everyone.
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