[zmanji]

I can only wonder how much of the costs are fees to the music companies. Is there any way to figure out at all what Spotify , Rdio, etc have to pay to provide their selection?

[dfischer]

I think it's 3 cents per a stream. 33 songs for a dollar. 330 for 10 dollars. Let's say 11 hours of music for $10 a month?

I think they're losing money on how many songs people listen to vs subscription cost. The advertisement isn't offsetting it.

[evertonfuller]

You must be joking. Spotify paid out 0.003 per play on my last royalty statement. Pathetic. The sooner Spotify goes under, the better for the music industry.

[icebraining]

What makes you think you'd have made more money if Spotify didn't exist?

[chrischen]

You would buy the CD, or pay for the download. Doing that is way less justifiable when it's available on Spotify.

[icebraining]

Do you seriously think people would buy the CDs of all the music they listen to in Spotify if it went offline? And go from spending $10/month to hundreds?

That kind of assumptions is what leads the RIAA to calculate losses bigger than the entire world's GDP.

[chrischen]

No, but people might do it for the handful of artists they really like or believe in.

[ChrisLTD]

I would have to think people paying the $5 or $10 subscription fee would be listening to more than 11 hours. Why would they price themselves so far under what it would take to turn even a tiny profit?