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Spotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artists (mixmag.net)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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

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[–] Tom_bishop 8 points 1 year ago

Spotify already paid rights holder (...the record labels, which is the one supposed to pay the artists). Under the new law, its ill defined which could make spotify pay to artists on top of paying the record labels, thus double the pay.