>no freedom for artists that want to market themselves with higher or lower rates?
like how it currently is if you're not some 7+ figure earner? Sure, why not? There was no marketing to Spotify to begin with.
> Should the Taylor Swifts of the world not be free to negotiate higher rates?
Debtable, but given that Taylor swift gets millions times more listens than the average artist, I'm not going to pretend she's somehow being ripped off here. Those kinds of people do indeed have the power to jump to another platform, or make their own.
>Should not the upstart be able to accept a lower rate in hopes that doing so will get their music more recommended/played by the service?
to be frank, no. Just like how some deperate would-be employee should not be able to accept below minimum wage to "kickstart their career". We made these laws precisely because "work for exposure" has failed spectacularly and only hurts the working class.
like how it currently is if you're not some 7+ figure earner? Sure, why not? There was no marketing to Spotify to begin with.
> Should the Taylor Swifts of the world not be free to negotiate higher rates?
Debtable, but given that Taylor swift gets millions times more listens than the average artist, I'm not going to pretend she's somehow being ripped off here. Those kinds of people do indeed have the power to jump to another platform, or make their own.
>Should not the upstart be able to accept a lower rate in hopes that doing so will get their music more recommended/played by the service?
to be frank, no. Just like how some deperate would-be employee should not be able to accept below minimum wage to "kickstart their career". We made these laws precisely because "work for exposure" has failed spectacularly and only hurts the working class.