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Spotify has announced that in 2024 they won’t give royalties anymore for songs that dont meet a minimum amount of streams. This is concerning for smaller artists as I believe they have the RIGHT to earn money from their music and live off of it. I honestly think that the big mainstream artists like The Weeknd, Ariana, Taylor etc should keep off their catalogue from Spotify until they agree to reverse this decision. Thoughts?

 

 

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Just now, Kodak Energy said:

Dua should lead the way

She should and then she’ll make international headlines and DL3 will be ha heroic savior album :WAP:

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Just now, Love Again said:

She should and then she’ll make international headlines and DL3 will be ha heroic savior album :WAP:

Her 1989 is coming

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The threshold is 200 streams, it really isn't that big of a deal. And 99.5% of all uploaded works won't be affected.

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what is the minumum? 

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1 minute ago, Carry My Heart said:

The threshold is 200 streams, it really isn't that big of a deal. And 99.5% of all uploaded works won't be affected.

Sure it’ll start at 200 but whose to say they wont increase it to maximize profit? Spotify has problems in general with paying smaller artists way too little

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Does anyone have the full article? Stupid paywall in the way. I wanna know what's the minimum needed. 

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3 minutes ago, Carry My Heart said:

The threshold is 200 streams, it really isn't that big of a deal. And 99.5% of all uploaded works won't be affected.

Oh then the headline is a bit more sensationalized. 200 shouldn't be a big hindrance. 

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Let Beyonce and Rihanna do it first. The rest will follow. 

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Just now, Love Again said:

Sure it’ll start at 200 but whose to say they wont increase it to maximize profit? Spotify has problems in general with paying smaller artists way too little

"But who's to say they won't..."

You can't encourage some of the biggest artists in the world to remove their music from the biggest streaming platform based off hypothetical situations that haven't taken place.

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4 minutes ago, Love Again said:

Sure it’ll start at 200 but whose to say they wont increase it to maximize profit? Spotify has problems in general with paying smaller artists way too little

You're asking artists to remove their catalog based on a hypothetical? :rip: 

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3 minutes ago, Indie Go Mind said:

Oh then the headline is a bit more sensationalized. 200 shouldn't be a big hindrance. 

It's equivalent to a 5¢ payment :toofunny3:

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I heard about this new rule from Spotify. This is really sick and I do agree that those who have the power to change things should unite against Spotify but they will never do it lol

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2 minutes ago, Raspberries said:

You're asking artists to remove their catalog based on a hypothetical? :rip: 

Or maybe just advocate for better pay for artists in general? Who else is gonna do it? Labels won't do ****. Mainstream artists have the power

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Wtf is that even? So spotify only exist to pay for taylor gaga drake ariana rihanna etc? what a clown choice :biblio:

 

I listen to an artist that has 20.000 listeners and her bop deserves every royalty. Fk spotify 

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13 minutes ago, Love Again said:

Or maybe just advocate for better pay for artists in general? Who else is gonna do it? Labels won't do ****. Mainstream artists have the power

Not if they don't own their masters. Taylor old albums are still on Spotify cause She can't delete them.

When She decided to leave Spotify for 3 years of course It was also cause scott barchetta and her label agreed with her, or She couldn't 

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Someone did this in 2014 and she was dragged by many high profile artists 

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10 minutes ago, Love Again said:

Or maybe just advocate for better pay for artists in general? Who else is gonna do it? Labels won't do ****. Mainstream artists have the power

taylor did it and she was called greedy :michael: but yes, small artists deserve to get paid.

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I don't want Taylor to do. She did. No major artist came in her support. No need to become sacrificial goat again. 

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Just now, littlebodybigheart said:

taylor did it and she was called greedy :michael: but yes, small artists deserve to get paid.

Don't understand how it's greedy at all :deadbanana2: every artist big or small deserve to get fairly paid for their music

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Do you think the money they would make from 199 streams would put food on the table?

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Taylor's been there, done that.

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2 minutes ago, dumbsparce said:

Do you think the money they would make from 199 streams would put food on the table?

The point is is that Spotify treats artists like garbage, it's not JUST about this new rule. Small artists are struggling to live off their music, not to mention beginning artists who are signed to a big label, they rarely see any profit at all. Everything goes to either streaming services or the label itself. Mainstream artists hold the power to incite change.

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