The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Blasts YouTube Over Artist Pay
The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney has weighed in on the latest discussion around artist pay from streaming services. It began on Monday, when Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, who is Apple Music’s Chief Creative Officer, strongly criticized YouTube in an interview. “It is built on the backs of free, stolen content and that’s how they got that big,” he said. “I think any free-tiered service is not fair. A YouTube spokesperson hit back yesterday, saying, “Any assertion that this content is largely unlicensed is false.” Now, Carney has spoken up for artists demanding fair pay. “A sell out in my book in 2016 is anyone that takes a share in a streaming company who also is an artist and doesn’t advocate for fair pay,” he tweeted this morning. See his tweets below.
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Give me five minutes on @youtube and I probably can find 250 songs that are available which the artist isn’t getting paid for. At least.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) June 16, 2016
A sell out in my book in 2016 is anyone that takes a share in a streaming company who also is an artist and doesn’t advocate for fair pay.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) June 16, 2016
A song should cost as much as an avocado. They should be traded similarly at least until people discover a similarly thick and savory fruit
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) June 16, 2016
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