(CNN) -- Spotify's new royalty system means so-called functional noises like the sound of rainfall will earn significantly less than traditional music files. (CNN) — Spotify’s new royalty system means ...

Functional content — think rain noises, whale sounds, recordings of wind rustling the leaves and the like — will be significantly devalued under Spotify’s new royalty system: Plays of this audio will ...

Chill out and silence the sounds of your environment with the sounds of rain, the ocean and more. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac/W.carter/Wikimedia Commons Working in an office or in the city, ...

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