deadmau5 has spoken out against controversial comments made by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek.
The influential DJ and producer recently took to Instagram to condemn recent comments from Ek, who short-sightedly claimed that the cost of creating content is “close to zero.” Considering the financial and physical sacrifices required to create the material that keeps their company running, artists quickly criticized Ek's post en masse.
“Wrong,” deadmau5 wrote. “The cost of creating content was over 25 years of my life and a lot of those profits went to your company, you complete idiot.”
Today, with the cost of creating content close to zero, people can share an incredible amount of content. This has made me curious about the concept of long lifespan versus short lifespan. While much of what we see and hear quickly becomes obsolete, there is…
-Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) May 29, 2024
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In response to a fellow artist's comment admonishing Spotify, deadmau5 mulled removing his library from the platform entirely.
“I feel like I'm about to take my catalog away from these damn vultures, enough is enough,” he wrote.
deadmau5 is one of countless electronic music artists who have expressed concerns about Spotify's business model. It's worth noting that the streaming giant continues to rake in billions in annual revenue, for Application businessafter Ek raised the price of subscriptions again this month.
Meanwhile, musicians are appealing to Congress to push for an increase in streaming royalties. The fight continues after a recent study suggested that independent artists currently need to rack up 5 million streams to earn the equivalent of the US minimum wage. That was before Spotify announced that musicians and songwriters would have to meet a minimum streaming threshold before being eligible to earn royalties for their music featured on the platform.
deadmau5's catalog is still available on Spotify as of this writing.
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