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minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up313·3年前If your business can’t pay it’s workers (artists) fairly, your business doesn’t deserve to exist.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up71·3年前Not trying to glaze, but Trudeau had the same idea here in Canada, and Google and Facebook and most of the internet crucified him for it.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·3年前The internet doesn’t tend to like to pay the actual cost for things. You’ll find very little sympathy for paid services, especially here on Lemmy.
minus-squaredoppelgangmember@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3年前Tidal has the highest artist payouts typically, besides YouTube I believe. Make your choices ppl.
minus-squarespacesatan@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3年前Is that for youtube videos not youtube music? Pretty sure YT music pays less than spotify by a wide margin.
minus-squareSporadicSpiral@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23年前Found a handy little Music Streaming Royalties Calculator thing in this article. It’s not 100% accurate because none of the services pay the same rate for every song, but it shows how huge the payout discrepancies are.
minus-squarePiafraus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3年前Is there objective way to define what is fair? Otherwise words “fair pay” make 0 sense
minus-squareAnd009@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3年前True it’s probably going to become an outdated concept and what is really needed would be an universal basic income
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3年前Can get fair pay if the customers aren’t paying
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up32·3年前Not really the same, this was more large Canadian companies trying to extort money from Google whilst google still gives them their traffic. Not trying to defend gogle, that company can burn to the ground as far as I care, but it wasn’t the same
minus-squarepm_boobs_send_nudes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3年前The artists aren’t going to get more money. Just that the consumer won’t have their music now.
If your business can’t pay it’s workers (artists) fairly, your business doesn’t deserve to exist.
Tell that to American restaurants.
We have been
Not trying to glaze, but Trudeau had the same idea here in Canada, and Google and Facebook and most of the internet crucified him for it.
The internet doesn’t tend to like to pay the actual cost for things. You’ll find very little sympathy for paid services, especially here on Lemmy.
Yes but we do agree with fair pay
Tidal has the highest artist payouts typically, besides YouTube I believe.
Make your choices ppl.
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Is that for youtube videos not youtube music? Pretty sure YT music pays less than spotify by a wide margin.
Found a handy little Music Streaming Royalties Calculator thing in this article. It’s not 100% accurate because none of the services pay the same rate for every song, but it shows how huge the payout discrepancies are.
Is there objective way to define what is fair? Otherwise words “fair pay” make 0 sense
True it’s probably going to become an outdated concept and what is really needed would be an universal basic income
Can get fair pay if the customers aren’t paying
Not really the same, this was more large Canadian companies trying to extort money from Google whilst google still gives them their traffic.
Not trying to defend gogle, that company can burn to the ground as far as I care, but it wasn’t the same
The artists aren’t going to get more money. Just that the consumer won’t have their music now.
its* workers