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Re:Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties by Johnny555 on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:53AM (#10811106)
It sounds more like a problem of trying to make a living in an industry with a very low barrier to entry. Fans expect to get it for free because they know that the only cost their favorite Youtube artist had was a cell phone camera.

If their favorite performer can't make a living, then the fans will just move to one of dozens (or hundreds or even thousands) of choices.

That same ease of entry that helped the Youtube performer gain thousands of viewers after posting a funny cat video will also let some other Youtube performer do the same thing.

It's a different world out there for artists, some for the better (it's easy to record your work and get it out there), some for the worst (it's also easy for thousands of others to do the same so you have to find a way to differentiate yourself).

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Re:Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties by bsder on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @05:16PM (#10814733)
> Fans expect to get it for free because they know that the only cost their favorite Youtube artist had was a cell phone camera.

Completely forgetting that the time spent to make something interesting isn't free.

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