A Connecticut-based indie musician and attorney alleges the streamer's policies "materially reduce compensation to small creators."
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A new lawsuit claims Spotify’s 1,000-play royalty threshold and stream-filtering policies have led to a “systemic suppression” of indie artist compensation.
Mark Kratter, an independent musician and attorney living in Connecticut, sued Spotify last Wednesday (June 3) for alleged violations of the state’s Unfair Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit, obtained by Billboard, claims the streaming giant “employs opaque rules and undisclosed filtering criteria that disproportionately harm independent artists, including plaintiff, while benefiting major labels and high-volume catalogs.”
