4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down165
arrow-up1514arrow-down1external-linkSpotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.open.substack.com4realz@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square212fedilink
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat does a record company even do? Why do they have rights?
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoBasically they fund artists to record and then handle things like promotion.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIf I can personally promote a subreddit to 8.5 million subscribers with no talent of my own, anyone who can make decent music can handle their own shit.
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYes, promoting a subreddit and promoting yourself as an artist are the same thing.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYo. I can be a record label. Come hang out in my apartment while I pay the bills and BAM! I get all the royalties! Sounds like stealing with extra steps. Actually it sounds like just being rewarded for having money to begin with.
minus-squareclgoh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·11 months ago Actually it sounds like just being rewarded for having money to begin with. That’s most of the economy.
What does a record company even do? Why do they have rights?
Basically they fund artists to record and then handle things like promotion.
If I can personally promote a subreddit to 8.5 million subscribers with no talent of my own, anyone who can make decent music can handle their own shit.
Yes, promoting a subreddit and promoting yourself as an artist are the same thing.
I didn’t even have to sing.
Yo. I can be a record label. Come hang out in my apartment while I pay the bills and BAM! I get all the royalties!
Sounds like stealing with extra steps. Actually it sounds like just being rewarded for having money to begin with.
That’s most of the economy.