Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify

• Mihies@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I assume that depends on the contract they have with their label, but usually it’s a way for them to earn more.

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  • ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its standard across the industry. Artists get paid very little in per unit sales of media.

    The bulk of money they earn comes from tours (which they cover the bill for, and cut some of the profits from), and merch (which they take the largest cut from).

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    • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s the standard, yes. And the solution is to pirate their music instead? But seriously, why do they even bother with labels then? Don’t get me wrong, I’d like for them to be better paid and for streaming services to allocate bigger cut to them, however, piracy doesn’t help with this at all. Usually it’s just an average Joe excuse to not pay anything at all.

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