"There was no reason that the artist participating shouldn't be paid for their work."
"I find this interesting... Netflix removes Chappelle's show from service upon request from Dave Chappelle, who blasts Viacom CBS for not paying him."
"How can a record label do this to an artist?"
"The industry treats artists too much like a commodity and not as a person. Artists are starting to understand what rights they want to retain."
"Artists are really smart to protest and raise awareness. It also drives more goodwill towards what they're trying to do in the future."
"Prince was very big on ownership as a Black man."
"There needs to be something in place for these artists. Independence is the way to go."
"The current copyright law stipulates that copyright protection exists for an artist for the duration of their life plus at least 50 years after their death."
"Fight for the artist, make sure you get what your music's worth."
"Little Pump is not doing a 360 deal with nobody."
"Needless to say, the battle over artist compensation elicited strong rebuttals from musicians."
"I'm not trying to ruin the guy's career either, I just want to raise awareness for smaller artists."
"Owning your catalog, that's where the power at."
"How do you explain deliberately creating fake artist profiles to not only dilute the streaming pool but directly limit opportunity for real artists?"
"If artists were to unionize, that would give the artist more power to say these are our terms."
"More equity goes into the artist, and that's where it should be."
"Don't give me a plaque, give me the financial paper."
"Taylor Swift is re-recording her albums to gain more control over the final product."
"You would think after all these decades of us discussing the ways in which these record deals screw artists over, that they would be thrilled that somebody is actually finally disclosing their record contract. And they're not."
"Let's just repeat that: a music festival is not paying the people making the music."
"You're going to tell me that Bill Withers' 'Lean on Me' is worth .004 per stream? Same as..."
"I'd rather have a dollar per download than .004 cents for a stream."
"What I think is, yeah, why can't Mr. Withers' estate say, 'Nah, this is worth four dollars a stream'?"
"Artists are people, we have feelings. Just because I'm nice doesn't mean that I want to be walked on."
"The artists deserve to own our own masters. Artists are starving without tours. I'ma go get our masters for all artists. Pray for me."
"It's far better to own your masters and your work and get your money like that."
"He owns his masters, not a lot of people could say that."
"J Star Entertainment has shown a complete disregard for their artists' well-being and consent."
"Yo Tory Lanez, he bit this off of me and he bit but like before you like you as the consumer, go and listen to that like I need people to really analyze what [ __ ] is talking about right."
"I own all my rights, I own my music, these people, y'all these all these people y'all look man."
"The agreement also gives him complete creative control over what he delivers."
"If a client insists on buying all the rights to the art, you better increase that fee a lot."
"Kesha is a wonderful example of an artist who has finally gotten to realize and show off her full creative potential."
"I love all of y'all don't stream her music right now she's fighting to get her masters back so until she gives us the word we ain't streaming no anita baker."
"Artists have every right to profit off of work that they pour their heart and soul into."
"One of the worst things about Spotify is... artists did not get to negotiate their own royalty rate."
"I started writing my Manifesto about freedom of expression and the rights of an artist, the rights of human beings."
"The fact that the music industry doesn't work like that is messed up."
"Nobody's waiting 45, 60, 90 days to get paid."
"Web3 was supposed to make sure that the original artists got paid."
"For so long as athletes, as creators, as entertainers, we create and we don't own what we create."