This is truly devastating news. Major labels are going to heavily abuse direct access to this database.
I regret ever contributing.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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What happen if major labels ask to remove some samples because they don't want them to be used?
I worry a lot of tracks, especially from smaller artists, are going to be removed.
That's my fear too
I'm trying not to be pessimistic but all I can think is that or they're going to take a greater portion of royalties from the artists who already have a very small percentage.
And then they'll go and train their AI models on it for free and without permission either way.
Despite going through being acquired a couple times themself, for now I still have to recommend Bandcamp. But I'd love to learn about freer alternatives that also support artists.