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Spotify is creating fake music to save on royalties (twitter.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/what-is-the-deal-with-all-the-fake-artists-on-spotify/

imagine having so sick and warped a mind that you come up with an idea like this. oh what if i open a gas station but we water down all the gas

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Usually the one doing the cover has to pay the original songwriter. That can be done by splitting the royalties or "buying" the rights to cover upfront, depending on the options the rightholders give you. For Spotify it doesn't matter, they pay exactly the same in theory.

In praxis Spotify often has special deals with big record labels, so covers technically make them more money since they only have to pay the standard cut to the artist.