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Radiohead's Thom Yorke Pulls Albums From Spotify In Protest of Low Royalties

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First time accepted submitter rpopescu writes "Thom Yorke of Radiohead fame has pulled his solo album 'Eraser' (as well as music made as Atoms for Peace) from the music streaming service Spotify, as a protest at how much it pays the artists. Quote: '"Make no mistake. These are all the same old industry bods trying to get a stranglehold on the delivery system."'"

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  1. Pay the artists? by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this guy nuts? Who gets paid for their work? Just steal it from TPB or someplace else.

    Pfft. Getting paid for their work. How quaint. Move into the 21st century!

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  2. Re:Everything in its right place by hawkinspeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but you must be forgetting the stringent editing process that all SlashDot articles have to go through.

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  3. Re:Reward the artist by tbuddy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always heard that Tom Waits was Big in Japan.