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We’ve paid artists $2 billion US, Spotify says

Briefs | 11/12/2014 10:08 pm EST

Spotify defended the compensation it pays to the music industry in a blog post Tuesday, writing that it “has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists” since it began in 2008.

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