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The Trouble With TikTok Songs

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How the Music Streaming Business Opened the Door to Billions of Dollars in Fraud

A sped up or altered song works great on a platform that's all about remixing, recreating and repeating. It is shockingly easy to make and distribute the full altered version and get paid. The major streamers have big pools of royalties. If you're an artist, you get some percentage of the pool when someone clicks on and streams your song.

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