On: Gary Numan: 'One of my songs got over a million st...

[tonyedgecombe]

None the less there is a question of whether the record labels and streaming companies are using their near monopolies to extract more from artists than they could in a competitive market.

[72deluxe → tonyedgecombe]

Since the artist gets paid an order of magnitude less than the minimum wage, it isn't extraction of value/money from the artist - it's extortion.