Towards copyright abolition: why we should all be pirates
Revolting against the terror of intellectual property.
Art by Ellie Stephenson
April 11, 2021
If Electronic Arts is considered the supervillain of video game publishing, then Spotify is undoubtedly the music industry equivalent of an incomprehensibly evil and unstoppably powerful force that plagues a creative field. While Electronic Arts is bald-faced about its deceptive marketing strategies, disdain for worker rights and insatiable hunger for an ever-burgeoning profit margin, what is perhaps more insidious about Spotify is how it consistently tries to paint itself as the saviour of music.
Launched just last week, Spotify’s absurd