r/Music • u/ebradio • Jul 21 '25

music Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/
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u/JohnTDouche Jul 22 '25

We need to fucking pay artists for the work they produce. That's the alternative.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Jul 22 '25

Outside of purchasing their media, there's not much else we can do, nor is it "us" that needs to pay them - We don't pay the royalties etc. and the likes of Spotify etc. are never going to give a fuck unfortunately

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u/JohnTDouche Jul 22 '25

Outside of purchasing their media

AKA paying artists for what they produce. Everyone needs to do this, us and them.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Jul 22 '25

Well, yeah, but us "paying" an artist is a very different thing to the likes of Spotify paying an artist

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u/JohnTDouche Jul 22 '25

Of course it is. But just because corporate scum act like corporate scum doesn't mean I'm going to think it's okay to do the same. So I'm going to pay the musicians I like for the work they do because I value and appreciate that work.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Jul 22 '25

For sure, I suppose my comment was more about the "we" of the "we need to pay artists". We do. Don't lump ourselves into the pool with the likes of Elk, HE needs to pay artists!

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u/JohnTDouche Jul 22 '25

Everyone needs to pay artists.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Jul 22 '25

We purchase media/merch. That's all we need to do. People profiting off their music needs to pay them properly. It's an entirely different thing. It's not on you, or me, or anyone else in the thread here to pay artists really.

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u/JohnTDouche Jul 22 '25

Jesus fucking christ, what is it you think I'm saying here? I'm being as simple as fucking possible.

I pay them for their music, I pay them for their merch, that's me paying them. If you do the same, that's you fucking paying them.

I'd love if shitty corporations like Spotify paid them their due to, but we don't live in that world. We live in this one, a capitalist hellscape where those guys make the rules and they don't have to pay.

It really just kinda seems like you're desperate to leave the option open for yourself to have free music at the musicians expense. As long as those corporations are ripping them off, your conscience is clean and you can have free music. If I'm doing you wrong here and you do pay musicians for their music, then what the fuck are you still talking about? Piss off.

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u/MeanMusterMistard Jul 22 '25

Wow dude, chill out. No interest reading beyond the first paragraph if you're gonna start it like that. Have a good one.