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Standard Terms
Read more . . . →Gold records on the wall and the fine print on the floor below. A band of kids in leather jackets signing their first contract. It starts at the desk and does not stop at the desk, spilling off the edge, down the staircase, out the door, and presumably into the parking lot. The executive sits back with his hands together. He has read this document. Nobody with a skull tattoo and a first single reads the part about perpetuity. The gold records behind him belong to whoever signed the last scroll, and they are still hanging there, which is more...
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The Velvet Sundown World Tour: Laptop and a Dream
Read more . . . →A Canadian faked an entire band with AI, hit 1.4 million Spotify listeners, and nobody noticed for months. The world tour poster is accurate — it’s just a laptop.
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The Last Stream
Read more . . . →Spotify and Universal just launched a paid AI tool that lets you “remix” and “cover” real songs. Twelve apostles, zero royalties, one CEO.
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Spotify's Fastest-Growing Product Category
Read more . . . →One guy in North Carolina made $8 million streaming this stuff with bots. Spotify’s fix? An opt-in protection tool for real artists. Bold strategy, protecting the people you’re barely paying.
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