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Spotify Will End Service in Uruguay Due to Bill Requiring Fair Pay for Artists (mixmag.net)
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[–] MiltownClowns 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Music used to be more valuable because it was more scarce and more difficult to deliver. Now anybody can make a song and put it on the internet. The value has gone down and artists/labels need to recognize that or people aren't gonna pay them at all.