Apple is skilled at attracting praise. Often, it deserves that praise. This isn’t one of those times.
[…]
For Apple to prove it truly stands with artists, Rabhan says, it would have to fundamentally change the way these contracts are negotiated, striking deals directly with the artists instead of music labels. Until that happens, he argues, Apple has done little more than “put a Band-Aid on an open wound” that cuts across the industry.
[…]
“I would have never expected it to be her,” Rabhan says, “but Taylor Swift is the voice of artists right now in a sea of silence.”
Similar:
The Pepe the Frog Meme Is Probably Not Worth Understanding
"Life is short, much of Internet communi...
Current_Events
Election ‘distracted’ Trump team from pandemic response, Birx tells Congress
More than 130,000 American lives could h...
Current_Events
Shrek: The Musical (Nov 22-24; Stage Right! Greensburg)
Come see me as the Captain of the Guard,...
Current_Events
Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the ...
[A] popular type of generative AI model&...
Cyberculture
Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?
Though not in a hospital setting, the ...
Culture
Canada's Globe and Mail Uses Expandable Inline Meta-articles to Explain Its Coverage
Journalism matters. Educated citizens wh...
Cyberculture
