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0 pointsowenversteeg7y ago0 comments

> I guess artists could opt out if they thought their licensing slice was too small, but that's effectively career suicide. Just look at Prince.

What do you mean? Prince only took his music off spotify for about a year before he died. Was there a very obvious effect on his career in this time?

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Nullabillity7y ago

> What do you mean? Prince only took his music off spotify for about a year before he died.

Prince took a pretty hard stance against online music, in all of its forms, from the beginning.

> Was there a very obvious effect on his career in this time?

I have never listened to any of his songs, accidentally or intentionally. I have never heard anyone talk about his songs. The only time I have ever seen him mentioned online was when he died.

Anecdotal of course, but that's pretty impressive for a supposed superstar.

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