What Sony and Spotify's secret deal really looks like

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I know that corporations count as “people”… but do they count as “nations” too now?

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Is there any reason for emphasizing that the deal is secret? Such contracts between companies are, I think, almost always confidential.

So the indie artists are getting screwed because they don’t have a major label negotiating for them, and the artists on major labels are getting screwed because they don’t have a major label negotiating for them.

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It’s time for statutory licenses, not only for streamed music but all mass media content. Relieving the cultural friction that existing copyright law is having on society needs to happen … and soon.

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‘Commercial in confidence’ = outrageous, 98% of the time

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