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The Music Industry & Streaming
How money flows from a Spotify stream to an artist. The two copyrights (recording and composition), labels, publishers and collection societies, pro-rata streaming payouts, why per-stream rates feel tiny, and how artists actually earn today.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Hip-hop: history & business; Property & IP (Law). Next: Film: how movies are made. Sources: RIAA and IFPI annual reports, Donald Passman's *All You Need to Know About the Music Business*, Spotify's Loud & Clear reports.Next: 1. Two copyrights