It’s understandable why it’s a problem for artists – disrupts the workflow, messes up the dates, takes off a bit of steam for the release… But why, still, in the age of the internet, do these leaks affect them so much to the point where they scrape the songs and never release them? Besides possible contractual label complications, wouldn’t all parties — artist, public and label — benefit from it just being released in streaming services nowadays?
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A lot of the money comes from the viral spike of use after the recording becomes available for streaming. If something “messes up the release” this viral spike might not occur and there might not be as much money made. Artists really like money.
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