MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music

Post by Drew Stephenson » Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:31 pm

To Merlyn, what James said. ^^^

Post by Drew Stephenson » Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:41 pm

But also...

James Perrett wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:25 pm The real figure here is around 0.0007 for Spotify and slightly higher for iTunes.

My figures from my latest statement (platform / plays / payment / rate):
Spotify / 530 / £2.02 / 0.38ppp (pence per play)
Apple Music / 23 / £0.19 / 0.83ppp
Youtube Music / 19 / £0.10 / 0.53ppp
Boomplay Music / 84 / £0.02 / 0.024ppp

A few things to note:
1) firstly the low number of plays mean that rounding errors might be significant.
2) I think Youtube Music and Youtube have different payment rates but I'm not sure?
3) Boomplay is a site based in, and focused on, Africa - hence the much lower rates.
4) Being the sole creator here, and paying my distributor upfront, means there's no middleman costs here. This is what the services are paying out to rightsholders.

Post by James Perrett » Mon Dec 06, 2021 10:30 pm

Those look like fairly healthy numbers Drew but my 0.0007 figure in the quote above (and the payment in Merlyn's post) is for the songwriter's publishing - not the standard payment.

Post by Drew Stephenson » Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:19 pm

Ah, sorry, yes I see now. My bad.

MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music

Re: MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music

Re: MPs to investigate why artists aren't paid fairly for streaming music

Re: MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music

Re: MPs to investigate whether artists are paid fairly for streaming music