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Deadmau5 Threatens to Remove His Music From Spotify Over Daniel Ek Comment: ‘F—ing Vultures’

Deadmau5 has threatened to remove his music from Spotify in response to CEO Daniel Ek commenting that "the cost of creating content is almost zero."

The post garnered nearly 38,000 likes and many comments, with one person writing, “We hate Spotify so much,” to which the Canadian electronic producer responded by saying, “feel that, I’m about to pull my catalog from these f–king vultures, enough’s enough.” According to Billboard estimates, the change means publishers and writers will earn about $150 million less in royalties over the course of Spotify’s first bundled year. In response, Spotify has called the NMPA’s accusations “baseless” and “misleading” and argued of the MLC lawsuit that “bundles were a critical component” of the Phono IV agreement struck between publishers and streaming services.

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