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This is a $1 dollar increase from what I was paying. But soon subscribers will be $15/month, then $20/month. I wonder how much of deezer's income actually goes to the artists.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's easy to know, actually. Spotify pays 70% of revenue to rights holders, and keeps 30%. Hence an increase of $1 will mean $0.30 for Spotify, and $0.70 to rights holders.

https://labelgrid.com/blog/royalties/spotify-pay-per-stream/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This is true, yes, but the same applies for all streaming services.

It's kind of funny how the labels have basically dodged any blame in the public eye, in favour of having Spotify be considered the enemy of artists in this case.