Looking at the figures, this means that a band would need to have more than 120,000 plays daily to earn the equivalent of $15 an hour for a 40-hour week. (If my back-of-the-napkin math is correct based on the article saying that 661,400 plays daily earned a potential $3,307.20.)
I've little sympathy for Spotify and the rest _but_ this scheme -- if I understand how Spotify pays out -- reduces payouts to other folks. I don't know if society is well-served by sending him to prison, but he should definitely be penalized somehow until that money, plus damages, is redirected to actual artists.
I've little sympathy for Spotify and the rest _but_ this scheme -- if I understand how Spotify pays out -- reduces payouts to other folks. I don't know if society is well-served by sending him to prison, but he should definitely be penalized somehow until that money, plus damages, is redirected to actual artists.