Veteran indie bands Hjorthoof has announced that the band “indicates their departure from Spotify”, removes their entire music catalog from the streaming service not because of Low royalties are paid by all music controlling platforms, But because of co -founder and CEO Daniel Ek, who leads an investment round of $ 700 million in the European Defense Technology Company Helsing, which specializes in AI defense software but also builds drones and software for fighter aircraft, through his Venture capital company.
The band, which was formed in 1994 and has released 20 albums, announced their feature in a statement on social media. While the band members admit that their music generates a relatively small amount of revenue on the platform, they say that their features are based on principle.
“We take Deerhoof from Spotify,” it says in part. “”Daniel Ek Uses $ 700 million of his Spotify wealth to become chairman of AI Battle Tech Company ‘was not a heading that we liked to read this week. We don’t want our music to kill people. We do not want our success to be bound to AI Battle Tech.
“We are privileged that it was a fairly simple decision for us. Spotify only pays a Pittans anyway, and we earn much more from touring. But we also understand that other artists and labels rely on Spotify for a larger part of their income and do not assess those who cannot make the same step in the short term.
“AI Battle Tech clearly appears as the hot new big ticket object for the super -rich. It is becoming increasingly clear that the military and the police are mainly available as a security detail for the billionaire. The more of the murder you can get computers, the better your final line.
“Computerized direction, computerized extinction, computerized destabilization for profit, successfully tested on the people of Gaza, finally solves the multi-year trouble for war creators-it takes human compassion and morals from the equation.”
But as the statement continues, it becomes clear that Spotify’s general behavior as a company is also a reason for the band’s departure.
“Spotify is flushing down to the toilet. Eventually, artists will want to leave this already very hated data-mining fraud that is masked as a” music company “, it continues.” It is scary for users and shit for artists. Music creation lasts forever but this or the digital goat-rich fast schedule will surely be outdated.
“One of the claims that has often made about Spotify is that it theoretically makes their music discoverable of all who register, no matter how remote they can be from the self-proclaimed centers of hipness. But only because someone is far from Western gates does not mean that they do not have no culture, or need to hear our band. Have oligarchs fill the world with computerized weapons, we will forward the adopted benefits.
“The big picture is this: Our political-economic system is increasingly presenting humanity with a horrible FAIT-implement: Buy from me, vote for me, consume my media, use my service. Yes, it means mass deportation, mass departure and mass extinction of those who are considered unprofitable by a handful of rich people. Billionaires’ side.
We are not sure how soon the removals can happen, “concludes the statement,” but it will be as soon as possible. We would like to thank our various labels for their support for this tricky decision. The great work on drawing content from Spotify is something they now have the task with, and they share the financial hit. We know that we ask them to do a person of a craft from Spotify is something they now have the task with, and they share the economic hit. We know we ask them to make a whole, and that means a lot to us.