Masimatutu@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoSpotify will end service in Uruguay due to bill requiring fair pay for artistsmixmag.netexternal-linkmessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1789arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziphackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up319arrow-down9·2 years agoIf your business can’t pay it’s workers (artists) fairly, your business doesn’t deserve to exist.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up91·2 years agoTell that to American restaurants.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up70arrow-down11·2 years agoNot trying to glaze, but Trudeau had the same idea here in Canada, and Google and Facebook and most of the internet crucified him for it.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down6·2 years agoThe internet doesn’t tend to like to pay the actual cost for things. You’ll find very little sympathy for paid services, especially here on Lemmy.
minus-squareAnd009@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·2 years agoYes but we do agree with fair pay
minus-squaredoppelgangmember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoTidal has the highest artist payouts typically, besides YouTube I believe. Make your choices ppl.
minus-squarespacesatan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoIs that for youtube videos not youtube music? Pretty sure YT music pays less than spotify by a wide margin.
minus-squareSporadicSpiral@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoFound a handy little Music Streaming Royalties Calculator thing in this article. It’s not 100% accurate because none of the services pay the same rate for every song, but it shows how huge the payout discrepancies are.
minus-squarePiafraus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoIs there objective way to define what is fair? Otherwise words “fair pay” make 0 sense
minus-squareAnd009@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoTrue it’s probably going to become an outdated concept and what is really needed would be an universal basic income
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years agoCan get fair pay if the customers aren’t paying
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·2 years agoNot really the same, this was more large Canadian companies trying to extort money from Google whilst google still gives them their traffic. Not trying to defend gogle, that company can burn to the ground as far as I care, but it wasn’t the same
minus-squarepm_boobs_send_nudes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThe artists aren’t going to get more money. Just that the consumer won’t have their music now.
If your business can’t pay it’s workers (artists) fairly, your business doesn’t deserve to exist.
Tell that to American restaurants.
We have been
Not trying to glaze, but Trudeau had the same idea here in Canada, and Google and Facebook and most of the internet crucified him for it.
The internet doesn’t tend to like to pay the actual cost for things. You’ll find very little sympathy for paid services, especially here on Lemmy.
Yes but we do agree with fair pay
Tidal has the highest artist payouts typically, besides YouTube I believe.
Make your choices ppl.
Is that for youtube videos not youtube music? Pretty sure YT music pays less than spotify by a wide margin.
Found a handy little Music Streaming Royalties Calculator thing in this article. It’s not 100% accurate because none of the services pay the same rate for every song, but it shows how huge the payout discrepancies are.
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Is there objective way to define what is fair? Otherwise words “fair pay” make 0 sense
True it’s probably going to become an outdated concept and what is really needed would be an universal basic income
Can get fair pay if the customers aren’t paying
Not really the same, this was more large Canadian companies trying to extort money from Google whilst google still gives them their traffic.
Not trying to defend gogle, that company can burn to the ground as far as I care, but it wasn’t the same
The artists aren’t going to get more money. Just that the consumer won’t have their music now.
its* workers