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# music-industry — 3 quotes

MUSIC-INDUSTRY

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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-industrynegotiation— Daniel Ek on early label negotiations, 2018
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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.

artistseconomics— Daniel Ek, responding to artist payment criticism, 2023
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The record labels are suing us because they're scared. They should be building with us instead.