The company is Access Industries and the Founder and Owner is Leonard Blavatnik
Along with what’s in the title, he is accused of reputation laundering against Ukraine and has been personally sanctioned by Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He was also part of a WhatsApp group involving some of the United States’ most powerful business leaders with the stated goals of “changing the narrative” in favour of Israel and “helping win the war” against Gaza.
Everything is in the linked Wikipedia article about him, mostly under the “Controversies and disputes” part.
I switched to Deezer after seeing it recommended as a better Spotify alternative here on Lemmy, but after finding all this I immediately stopped using it. It’s as bad as the shit Spotify does and has done IMO. I’m not here to recommend or push an alternative, but if I can give info on what I use now if someone asks.
He can take Bowie if he wants, but Charli??? This is not what PC Music fought for :(
Either of themCharli could stop working with Warner Music, she isn’t a slaveEdit: I originally said David Bowie, too, meaning his estate, but they sold all of the rights of his music to Warner
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59860096
Well, David Bowie stopped working for anyone years ago. RIP
Oh, yeah sorry, I guess I meant his estate, though it’s certainly possible that Warner just now owns his music in perpetuity
Depending on the contract she signed: maybe not.
Then she has a shit agent, who probably has an in with Warner. Record labels should be competing for wildly popular artists, not the inverse
You don’t usually sign those contracts when you have leverage. But heard
Uhhh… not sure Bowie can do much
Yeah I meant his estate, but I updated my comment, because it appears his estate sold all the rights of his music to Warner