Comment on Tik Tok responds to Universal Music Group's statement: "TikTok has been able to reach 'artist- first' agreements with every other label and publisher."

darkmatternoodlecow@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Eggyhead@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I'm more inclined to believe both parties are the bad guys here. The only good guys are the musicians stuck in the middle.

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• small44@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You are assuming that bad guys can’t fight other bad guys

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  • darkmatternoodlecow@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not really, although I see your point. I just have a particular dislike of record companies.

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    • small44@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a dislike for any party that are profiting from artists

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• johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  On what is that opinion based? Curiously genuine question

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  • Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably because they have been around long enough to read and see the news/information about how predatory the business is… do you really need citations?

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• powerage@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When has the music industry done literally anything that benefited artists or consumers?

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