Exactly. You're absolutely right. They will try to control the flow right from the time artists make the sounds to the time the audio hits the listener's ear.

Exactly. You're absolutely right. They will try to control the flow right from the time artists make the sounds to the time the audio hits the listener's ear. Just as they control an app from the time it's written to the time the user uses the app on their phone (while taking a nice 30% cut of proceeds).