return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoSpotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Groupwww.billboard.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1575cross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.compiracy@programming.dev
arrow-up1575external-linkSpotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Groupwww.billboard.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.compiracy@programming.dev
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·21 days agoIf you use Spotify to listen to artists, you certainly don’t actually respect them. Fuck you people who give money to Spotify.
minus-squarereabsorbthelight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoIs there an alternative way to contribute to them? I would happily send money directly to the artists, but I don’t know how
minus-squareFoxyFerengi@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoBandcamp is what my bands like to use. They often have events (Bandcamp Fridays) where 100% of purchases go to the artists. Some bands also make decent money off merch sales from their own storefronts
minus-squarekazerniel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoArtists tend to have websites where they sell their music or link to places where they sell it.
If you use Spotify to listen to artists, you certainly don’t actually respect them. Fuck you people who give money to Spotify.
Is there an alternative way to contribute to them? I would happily send money directly to the artists, but I don’t know how
Bandcamp is what my bands like to use. They often have events (Bandcamp Fridays) where 100% of purchases go to the artists. Some bands also make decent money off merch sales from their own storefronts
Artists tend to have websites where they sell their music or link to places where they sell it.
Lol?