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The documentary Artifact (2012) offers an intimate and revealing look at the modern music industry through the lens of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars and their frontman Jared Leto. Directed by Leto himself under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins, the film chronicles the band's intense legal battle with their record label EMI, which sued them for $30 million in 2008 over a breach of contract dispute when the band sought to renegotiate their deal amid royalty disagreement

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The world’s first artist centric payment system for music streaming was launched on Deezer in October 2023. This innovative system marks a significant shift in the music industry by prioritizing fair compensation for artists who have a dedicated and engaged fan base. Through its boosting mechanisms, fraud detection protocols, restrictions on noise content, and the implementation of a "user-centric" cap, this payment system aims to revolutionize the way artists are rewarded fo

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