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> The idea of there being billions more dollars for movies and music is not reality. Well, I easily found $2.7 billion, and I'm sure there's a lot more if you
by kerkeslager 3y ago
> The idea of there being billions more dollars for movies and music is not reality.
Well, I easily found $2.7 billion, and I'm sure there's a lot more if you look harder:
https://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-ek/?sh=5f021fbf46ab https://www.forbes.com/profile/daniel-ek/?sh=5f021fbf46ab
Now, you can argue that he's doing some esoteric thing that's valuable to society, and I disagree, but let's not circle that drain. What you can't argue is that most of that $2.7 billion came from people willing to pay for music, and if we were more efficiently giving musicians money for their music, that $2.7 billion could have gone to musicians.
So I don't buy this idea that there isn't more money. There is, we're just giving it to people like Daniel Ek instead of musicians.
- ddingus 3y agoPeople paid before and just got a lot less music. A few albums per month, maybe some singles. I was there, have lived both times. Spotify scooped up all those ad-hoc buys and got people a lot more music for the money. Take a larger view, and a big gain on one form, takes from another. Gaming takes a small hit when a ton of great movies hit the theaters, for example. And it flexes a little. I am not saying it is a hard wall. But I am saying for most people, suddenly doubling their entertainment spends is not an option. They just don't have it.
- ddingus 3y agoI agree completely with the idea artists need and should get more.