Stream weavers: the musicians' dilemma in Spotify's pay-to-play plan
- Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
ShutterstockSpotify offered the promise that, in the age of digital downloads, all artists would get paid for their music, and some would get paid a lot.
Lorde and Billie Eilish showed what was possible.
Lorde was just 16 when, in 2012, she uploaded her debut EP to SoundCloud. A few months later, Sean Parker (of Napster and Facebook fame) put her...
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