Won't somebody please think of the artists? /s

People here in HN seem to believe that royalty collecting companies are some sort of charitable organizations for the benefit of the artists. But their conduct and practices range from questionable [1] to outright fraudulent [2]. And now they manage to fly below the radar, because everyone (artists included) is busy bashing Spotify. These companies would sue Spotify out of existence had they offered the option to directly pay the artists instead of going through them.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/1302np/jasrac_this_i...

[2] https://torrentfreak.com/huge-scandal-engulfs-greek-anti-pir...