[halfjew22]

This all seems well and good.

However, I'd like to point out something that doesn't sit well with me.

Spotify uses this same kind of extraction mechanism on the artists that use its platform.

The complaint loop is complete. We have artists complaining about artist 'hosting' companies complaining about application hosting companies.

I believe the solution lies in different, non-zero sum economics, but haven't been able to think of anything for music. I do, however, have some pretty cool ideas for longer form text and video content.