• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    They aren’t. The fees are supposed to benefit the streaming companies.

    I hope the bill discussed in the article helps rectify that.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      homie the only thing streaming benefits right now is music publishers, spotify and the artists are losing money like it’s oil being produced during the industrialization.

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        8 months ago

        The last update that I saw was that Spotify would be in the green if it didn’t have to give severance pay to a large number of employees after mass layoffs, and also some real estate expenses that seem pretty unusual for a streaming service to have…? They should just ask Wisconsin to build them a place for free, those idiots will do anything for industry.