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		abrookewood on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goodbye, Slopify I think you are missing the point. The criticism is that Spotify are actually using third parties to create AI generated music in order to pay lower royalties. There was an article in the last month or so on HN that explained the process.

crtasm on Jan 29, 2025 [–]

There were recent articles about musicians being employed to churn out tracks, are you thinking of that?

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machin...

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abrookewood on Jan 29, 2025 | [–]

Yes, that's it - thanks.

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