Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians?
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#2> Bandcamp is good, it’s profitable and sustainable and it basically works.
If they're profitable then why do we need to play these games? Why can't we keep a good thing going?
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#3Epic bought Bandcamp less than 2 years ago. No one had any idea why at the time and now they are already selling it, almost certainly at a loss. This is the type of situation that would cause senior leadership heads to roll if there was any justice in the world, instead 16% of employees get laid off.
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#4> Songtradr is talking up using its licensing prowess to give opportunities to Bandcamp artists — including licensing on Epic games.
So... Epic sells bandcamp, a profitable business unit, to another entity which will then sell bandcamp assets back to ... Epic. ?? And Epic's competitors. Why would Epic go out of its way to support a company that is supporting its competitors?
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#5And I literally just dropped my album this afternoon. I don't know whether I should be worried now.
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#6> Bandcamp is good, it’s profitable and sustainable and it basically works. If they're profitable then why do we need to play these games? Why can't we keep a good thing going?
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#7Ugh. I wasn't happy that Epic owned it, but they didn't seem to be doing anything to harm it yet. I don't know much about Songtradr, but I don't trust a company that is focused on licensing and not creation.
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#8Bandcamp employees unionized and Epic couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Can't let that cancer spread to the game devs, oh no!
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#9And I literally just dropped my album this afternoon. I don't know whether I should be worried now.
Do you have a link to the album?
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#10> Bandcamp is good, it’s profitable and sustainable and it basically works. If they're profitable then why do we need to play these games? Why can't we keep a good thing going?
Is there a list of organizations/platforms, like lichess.org that have/will never sell out?