The Uruguayan Parliament approved an amendment to the country's copyright law last month

Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists:: The Uruguayan Parliament approved an amendment to the country’s copyright law last month

    • Gazumi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      292·
      1 year ago

      No, it’s as indicated, that is, to have artists paid fairly for their creative talents. Trickle down economics exemplified. It is akin to you working your job through an agency but the agency paying you far less than minimal wage. Like a lottery, only a few will make real money.

      • Alinor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        258·
        1 year ago

        But according to the article 70% of the money they make from music is already going to record labels and publishers, so what exactly is Spotify supposed to do here to give more money to the artists?

        • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          iirc spotify has some weird revenue sharing thing where that 70% is split between all artists in a very non-linear way. You don’t get money based on how many of your songs get sold you get a slice of the total pie based on some weird formula. The result is that top artists get paid for more than their own songs sales and everyone elses gets less than their own songs sales to provide that extra cut to the top performers.

        • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I think the law has more to do with indie artists not getting paid shit. People who want to self publish and cut out the middle man ( record labels )