Home Industry News Tech Industry Grifters, Small and Large, Continue to Profiteer From The Work of Artists
In another example of our self-appointed tech-overlords enriching themselves off of the fruits of others’ labour, a group of independent artists discovered earlier this week that their work had been illegally distributed by Amuse, a Stockholm based company linked to will.i.am. On Tuesday, musician Brett Basil, Philadelphia based funk-rock band You Do You, and others discovered that their songs were illegally hosted on Amazon Music, YouTube, and Spotify.