system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:How do music royalties work? If I play a song for 5 seconds and then skip it, does the artist get paid the same as if I listened to the whole song?
gpt
That depends on which service you're talking about and what their particular agreement is with the record labels.

For example, Spotify requires you to listen for at least 30 seconds before it counts. Once you hit 30 seconds it doesn't matter if you skip the rest or keep listening.