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Does play of public preview count as a stream?

John_Gold

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2018-01-25 06:46 PM

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Hi guys - if a fan plays the public preview of a track on Spotify (i.e., the 30 second stream available without login), does this count as a stream/play on Spotify?

I am mostly wondering if I can see as an artist how many times the preview for played?

And does it count for royalty calculations?

Thanks so much for any insights on this!

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