(Photo: Shutterstock)īut rights-holders withholding music can sometimes get more complicated. Taylor Swift delayed the release of ‘Reputation’ on streaming services.
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She made Reputation available only for digital download and on CD at first. Taylor Swift has famously done this, first to fight for music’s value, then to fight for better streaming royalty rates and then delaying the release of her 2017 album Reputation on streaming services. Rights-holders, whether they are the artist or not, can also choose to withhold music from streaming services. Even the CD is selling for more than $100. A cassette is available for more than $130. There is a copy of the vinyl LP of 3 Feet High and Rising selling online for nearly $300. The album is not being widely reissued, so few copies are available in any physical format for fans who can’t stream one of their favourite albums on their favourite streaming service. Photo: Mike B in Colorado/Flickrĭe La Soul said in an August Facebook post that it that was unable to reach a streaming agreement “and earn Tommy Boy’s respect for our music/legacy.” The dispute has led to Tommy Boy delaying the release of that album on streaming services. If your ’90s dubbed De La Soul tape has broken down, a new cassette today may cost $130. This is due to disputes between the group and its label, Tommy Boy Records. If you’re a fan of the hip-hop group De La Soul, you might have noticed that its 1989 album 3 Feet High and Rising is missing from paid subscription streaming services. Disputes can keep music from ever coming out at all, in which case consumers don’t know what they’re missing - but they can also take music that consumers already love out of circulation. Legal disputes between artists and their record labels have been happening for decades. And that can make the music even more difficult and more expensive to get your hands on physically.
Legal disputes, sample clearance issues - when permission can’t be obtained for the use of part of a song in a new song - and rights-holders withholding music can all get in the way of music being available on your streaming platform of choice. Music streaming dominates paid music consumption in the United States and Canada.īut services like Spotify and Apple Music can’t just upload whatever music they’d like. And in today’s digital world, it can be expensive and difficult to get a physical copy of those missing albums. This article was originally published in The Conversation in 2019, but is still relevant today.Īs of the third quarter of 2019, music streaming giant Spotify had 113 million paid subscribers worldwide - but it’s still missing some famous albums that many listeners feel they can’t live without.
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