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But do Spotify get permission for all of the tracks that they list? I work for a songwriter who owns all of the masters to his many albums. I just checked on Spotify to see if his work was on there and sure enough, all of his albums are listed. I know for a fact that he never gave permission for his music to be on there and was not once informed about it. I also know that he is not receiving any royalties for it either.
I understand that Spotify is better for everyone than people downloading music illegally but do people actually agree that music should be free? For example, if a band comes into our studio, works there for a month at £x a day, I spend days mixing the album, a mastering engineer works on it, a graphic designer creates artwork for it etc. how is this money and time spent on the product going to be recouped in the future if music is free for everyone?
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