• Sharkwellington@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    That $38 million would be divided up amongst all the other artists if it wasn’t being paid to white noise podcasts.

    It would be divided amongst the record labels and distributed to artists as those labels see fit.

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      1 year ago

      So it’s not the user getting screwed, not the artists getting screwed, but record labels ?!

      Record labels are getting screwed over by indie artists in a new niche that has exploded

      This is 100% a massive W