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My crack at it: Greed is economic theory agnostic. When an artist only makes pennies per album sold while the publishers reap dollars, it seems pretty obvious
by Covzire 7y ago
My crack at it: Greed is economic theory agnostic. When an artist only makes pennies per album sold while the publishers reap dollars, it seems pretty obvious where the issue lies. The music industry has been corrupt to the core for many decades, kept alive only by it's sheer objective value through people's love for music.
- disintegore 7y agoHard disagree. Greed may very well be a learned behavior. You cannot expect people, on a large scale at least, to eschew the kind of practices that are encouraged by the mode of production they live in. You cannot expect virtue when it is consistently punished, and the adverse behavior consistently rewarded. Spotify underpays artists because that is what winning companies do. Spotify is playing the game correctly.