Why did Spotify give 50 different names to the same song?
An amazing story by Ted Gioia, who has discovered, with a little help from other music lovers, a song that has over 50 different titles, and over 50 different writers credits attributed to it on Spotify. There were other instances of the same phenomena on other streaming platforms, with other songs as well (mostly short and lousy). What's going on? "Spotify may be working to switch listeners from songs released by major labels to generative music, which could be licensed at low royalty rates or even purchased as a work-for-hire. Under this scenario, a streaming platform could lower its costs substantially, and improve profitability—but with the result of less money paid to flesh-and-blood musicians."
WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE CONCLUSION
— ADAM FAZE (@adamfaze) April 18, 2023
spotify isn’t profitable due to high licensing fees from labels. but they might be trying to shift listening time from majors to generative music that costs them less to license or even MAKE in order to BE profitablehttps://t.co/cGE9B1vBJC https://t.co/YP3h49AQps pic.twitter.com/IuwN8xmgh0
