Spotify

Juho Kaitajärvi-Tiekso discusses power relations, fairness and the role of copyright in the world of music streaming services.

As streaming revenues and their significance have increased, the fairness of the distribution system has become a topic for global debate within the music industry. Consumers have an important role in this discussion as the distribution method may have a crucial impact in increasing the amount of shareable money for all parties. A study performed in Finland was based on Spotify’s streaming data, which was used to compare pro rata and user centric distribution models.

New and old Finnish artists are increasingly often finding success without the old paradigms offered by the recording industry.