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Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud and introduce...

Heard the news? Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud

In short, the three changes are: 1 - INTRODUCING A THRESHOLD OF MINIMUM STREAMS BEFORE A TRACK STARTS GENERATING ROYALTIES ON SPOTIFY Today, every play on Spotify over 30 seconds long triggers a royalty payment. This won’t be the case by early next year… 2 - FINANCIALLY PENALIZING DISTRIBUTORS OF MUSIC – LABELS INCLUDED – WHEN FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY IS DETECTED ON MUSIC THAT THEY’VE UPLOADED TO SPOTIFY Spotify believes it has the most sophisticated anti-fraud detection technology of any streami…