Neil Young has a bone to pick with Google, Amazon and Facebook

Neil Young has had it with major tech companies undervaluing musicians.

The legendary musician delivered an emotional, targeted rant at Google, Facebook, Amazon and similar tech giants on Friday, accusing them of underpaying artists.

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“Today, in the age of Facebook, Google and Amazon, it’s hard to tell how a new and growing musical artist could make it in the way we did,” Young wrote in a post published by Neil Young Archives. 

“The Tech Giants have figured out a way to use all the great music of everyone from all time, without reporting an artist’s number of plays or paying a fucking cent to the musicians. Aren’t they great companies!!!  Read more...

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