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Indie Veterans Deerhoof Remove Catalog From Spotify Over Daniel Ek’s Investment in AI Company Creating Military Tech
Indie band Deerhoof will remove their catalog from Spotify to protest CEO Daniel Ek's leading a $700 million round in an AI company creating weapons.
Veteran indie band Deerhoof has announced that the band is “tendering their resignation from Spotify,” removing their entire music catalog from that streaming service not because of the low royalties paid by all music-streaming platforms, but because of co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek leading a $700 million investment round in the European defense technology company Helsing, which specializes in AI defense software but also builds drones and software for fighter aircraft, via his venture-capital firm. “ ‘ Daniel Ek uses $700 million of his Spotify fortune to become chairman of AI battle tech company’ was not a headline we enjoyed reading this week. “The big picture is this: Our politico-economic system increasingly presents humanity with a hideous fait accompli: Buy from me, vote for me, consume my media, use my service.
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