• FfaerieOxide@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Spotify is receiving money for something they did not create.

    Neither the writers of the lyrics nor the fans who transcribed them get a cut.

    That is fucked up.

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      1 year ago

      Spotify is receiving money for something they did not create.

      Spotify are paying musixmatch for the lyrics.

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      1 year ago

      It is fucked up that the fans who are transcribing do not get a cut, but it’s not like they were misled to believe they would make a cut before they started doing it. The people doing that are doing it out of a passion for the music.

      I’m not saying they shouldn’t be paid of course they should, if it was up to me I’d say make them all rich. I just think it’s a stretch to imply that Spotify is stealing anything here

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        1 year ago

        I like stealing. According to my belief system theft is good.

        It’s the fact Spotify is charging users for something stolen is what I think is fucked.
        Something stolen should be freely shared.