Reply to post: Re: I don't understand

Spotify just can't wash those songwriters out of its hair

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Re: I don't understand

>Why do Spotify have to pay the songwriter if they've already paid the record label?

Because copyright for the recording is quite different from copyright for the song. Two parallel systems - who don't necessarily get on with each other.

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