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Acclaimed French DJ Madeon has accused his label Sony Music of "holding artists hostage" in their disagreement with Soundcloud.
As Fact reports the producer sent a series of tweets complaining about the fact that his music will shortly be removed from Soundcloud. As previously reproted a number of major artists have been removed after the label complained about the 'a lack of monetization opportunities'.
Madeon alerted fans that tracks would be removed and criticised “Sony Corporate’s disconnected-from-reality strategy”. Although careful to not complain about Columbia he also is unapolgetic about the role Soundcloud has played in his own career. “Thank you SoundCloud for being such a great discovery platform over the past five years. Well done Sony for holding your own artists hostage”.
Thank you SoundCloud for being such a great discovery platform over the past five years. Well done Sony for holding your own artists hostage
— Madeon (@madeon) May 19, 2015
(Lots of love for my label Columbia of course, they're great. Less love for Sony Corporate's disconnected-from-reality strategy.)
— Madeon (@madeon) May 19, 2015
Artists recently removed from the service include Adele, Hozier, Miguel, Kelly Clarkson, Passion Pit and Leon Bridges. It continues a recent trend for major labels to feel frustrated by free online services profitting of their content. “[It’s] been a good place for exposure,” an artist manager told Billboard. “At the same time, artists and labels need to get paid for music. Until that can be worked out, we’re going to have situations that are incompatible with artist development.”
Soundcloud responded in a statement “We are in ongoing conversations with major and independent labels and will continue to add partners to the program." They revealed the company has paid out more than $2 million in advertising revenue on their 'On Soundcloud' service which both supports ads and offers a revenue sharing scheme. “We’ve always put control in the hands of creators, and anyone who makes music and audio can decide when and how they want to share it with fans, allowing artists to essentially broadcast out to the world the availability of new content.”
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