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Gary Hall

More evidence that the current copyright system works only for legacy creatives such as Kate Bush, Elton John and Paul McCartney:

“Everyone that’s hanging onto the artist is buying houses… and the artists could never dream of doing that.”
“There’s too much music… Less money is going to mid-level and low-level artists … and we’re all paying Taylor Swift.”
“I haven’t recouped my deals – it’s all gone to Sony to pay for the sofas in their office.”

– Billie Marten, NME, July 2025

nme.com/news/music/billie-mart

NME · Billie Marten: “Mostly, artists are in financial ruin – we’re all paying Taylor Swift"Billie Marten has lamented the “financial ruin” that many musical artists are currently facing, saying “we’re all paying Taylor Swift”. 
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