Tidal and Spotify royalties


Odd ball question but thought I would post here. I often listen to streaming audio on my system and then switch to my turntable. I occasionally forget to pause or stop the Tidal stream prior to switching Preamp settings to the turntable. Although I understand the royalty for streaming is pennies (or less) to the artist, I wondered if royalties are collected if it is streaming without sound while I’m listening to records. 
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Showing 2 responses by sfseay

Perhaps a handful of people stream 24/7.  I'm sure Tidal would flag them and drop them from their service as that wouldn't be a sustainable business model.