also, if the record labels are keeping royalty rates 'high' (most artists would say they are pitifully low...) and are therefore acting in this case, through th

also, if the record labels are keeping royalty rates 'high' (most artists would say they are pitifully low...) and are therefore acting in this case, through their own self-interest, as collective bargaining agents for artists (or at least, rights-holders) then anything that gives Spotify more power and profitability is presumably even worse for artists