A while back I got an email from Jeff Price aka the owner of Audium {A Royalty collection agency} called The Definitive Guide to Spotify Royalties. In the email, Jeff explained that recently just before everything went on lockdown Spotify, Pandora, Google and Amazon were are arguing in Washington D.C. to decrease what songwriters are paid when their music is streamed on their music services.

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https://www.thecorporatethiefbeats.com/definitive-guide-to-spotify-royalties/