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MUSIC-INDUSTRY

The record labels told us to our faces that streaming would never work. Then piracy nearly killed them. Then they came back and said okay, let's talk.

music-industrynegotiationDaniel Ek on early label negotiations, 2018

We've paid over $40 billion to rights holders. If artists aren't getting paid, the question isn't about Spotify — it's about the contracts between artists and their labels.

artistseconomicsDaniel Ek, responding to artist payment criticism, 2023

The record labels are suing us because they're scared. They should be building with us instead.