hsmeets wrote: > mhmm, enjoyable read indeed and a somewhat surreal (re)launch to look at > in the video. > > The biggest threat to streaming occurs when artists and labels (i > suppose the labels have more to say in this then the artists) pull > catalogs and only provide them via one, at best two, streaming > providers. In that scenario they will be doing themselves and their > audience a disservice. Imagine to pay for multiple streaming services as > Madonna is only available on A and DeadMaus only on B. The Deutsche > Gramophone catalog only on C and the Harmonia Mundi catalog only on D. > That won't happen, some will though, but the majority will not. It could > also lead to an increase of piracy again....
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