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		tormeh on Sept 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We've failed: open access is winning and we must c... Of course they don't pay artists. That's not the people Spotify has contracts with. Spotify pays labels, and Spotify pays them a lot. That nothing emerges on the other side is not Spotify's fault.

linkmotif on Sept 17, 2017 [–]

Right but the label is the equivalent the publisher in this case aka the institution that adds no value.

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