What is fair? Exploring the artists' perspective on the fairness of music streaming platforms
Andres Ferraro, Xavier Serra, Christine Bauer

TL;DR
This study explores artists' perspectives on fairness in music streaming platforms through interviews, identifying key aspects and consensus areas for improving fairness for artists.
Contribution
It fills a research gap by providing qualitative insights into artists' views on fairness, highlighting specific issues and potential improvements for music streaming platforms.
Findings
Artists highlight transparency and fair audience reach as crucial.
There is consensus on actions needed for fairness, like quotas and gender balance.
Some topics lack clear solutions or consensus among artists.
Abstract
Music streaming platforms are currently among the main sources of music consumption, and the embedded recommender systems significantly influence what the users consume. There is an increasing interest to ensure that those platforms and systems are fair. Yet, we first need to understand what fairness means in such a context. Although artists are the main content providers for music platforms, there is a research gap concerning the artists' perspective. To fill this gap, we conducted interviews with music artists to understand how they are affected by current platforms and what improvements they deem necessary. Using a Qualitative Content Analysis, we identify the aspects that the artists consider relevant for fair platforms. In this paper, we discuss the following aspects derived from the interviews: fragmented presentation, reaching an audience, transparency, influencing users'…
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