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

Posted by Unknown on from the world-not-missing-much dept.

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. Re:Great graphic from Information is Beautiful by BenJury · · Score: 5, Informative

    What's really impressive is how much more the label takes. For Spotify: 0.16c to the label, 0.029c for the artist. (~85%/15% split) That's a huge chunk for something that someone else is distributing etc.

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  2. Re:This is what you get when you mess with us by jasenj1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You mean like Bandcamp? - Jasen.