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Starting in 2024 Spotify is stopping paying anything at all for most of the tracks on the platform. That is any track receiving fewer than 1,000 streams over the period of a year will not receive any royalty.  Roughly two-thirds of tracks on the platform fall into this category.
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Spotify will mostly be giving this money to the 3 major record labels and bigger artists.
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Spotify is effectively stealing from independent artists and stealing from smaller record companies.  Because while independent artists and smaller record companies may still earn a very small amount on there more popular tracks, they won't earn anything on less popular tracks.  Spotify claims that this money doesn't often go to the artist, but that isn't correct in most situations.  If the artist or record label has many less streamed tracks, the total amount can add up.
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This situation appears to be illegal collusion and anticompetitive behavior by Spotify and The 3 major record labels -
Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group.
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Spotify calls this "Modernizing Our Royalty System to Drive an Additional $1 Billion toward Emerging and Professional Artists" it looks like stealing from the little artists and companies to me and anticompetitive monopolistic behavior - something the FTC needs to investigate.
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In the long run this will result in less choice of music for consumers because the small guys and girls will be put out of business.
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Please complain to Spotify and start using alternative platforms.  Also please complain to the FTC at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov

<div class="md"><p>Starting in 2024 Spotify is stopping paying anything at all for most of the tracks on the platform. That is any track receiving fewer than 1,000 streams over the period of a year will not receive any royalty.  Roughly two-thirds of tracks on the platform fall into this category.</p>

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<p>Spotify will mostly be giving this money to the 3 major record labels and bigger artists.</p>

<hr/>

<p>Spotify is effectively stealing from independent artists and stealing from smaller record companies.  Because while independent artists and smaller record companies may still earn a very small amount on there more popular tracks, they won&#39;t earn anything on less popular tracks.  Spotify claims that this money doesn&#39;t often go to the artist, but that isn&#39;t correct in most situations.  If the artist or record label has many less streamed tracks, the total amount can add up.</p>

<hr/>

<p>This situation appears to be illegal collusion and anticompetitive behavior by Spotify and The 3 major record labels -
Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group.</p>

<hr/>

<p>Spotify calls this &quot;Modernizing Our Royalty System to Drive an Additional $1 Billion toward Emerging and Professional Artists&quot; it looks like stealing from the little artists and companies to me and anticompetitive monopolistic behavior - something the FTC needs to investigate.</p>

<hr/>

<p>In the long run this will result in less choice of music for consumers because the small guys and girls will be put out of business.</p>

<hr/>

<p>Please complain to Spotify and start using alternative platforms.  Also please complain to the FTC at <a href="https://reportfraud.ftc.gov">https://reportfraud.ftc.gov</a></p>
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Spotify Will Stop Paying any Royalties To Most Artists For Most of The Tracks on The Platform in 2024

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