Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
Eugen Rochko

I’m curious, how many times do I need to listen to an album on Spotify for the artist to receive as much money as if I’d have bought the CD

No comments
Ocean

@Gargron Probably more times than humanly possible

wauz ワウズ

@Gargron
Look up for the patreon page or similar of the artists and send $1. That is even more than they can expect from a single user by every other ways in summary

spike brown

@Gargron The problem here lies in the copyright laws, which are different in each country...Spotify exploits the general flaws in the vague international rules, because there are no physical 'copies' involved in streaming. So it offers a payment per-play, just like the radio stations used to (and still do). Copyright covers copies, not plays, which are governed by individual country agreements with broadcasters, and Spotify is not classed as a broadcaster under most of the agreements...

Go Up