[nickv]

Because Music isn't TV or film. The vast majority of revenue for most artists come from live performances.

It's not like the cast of Stranger Things can go and tour the world and perform a live Stranger Things inside stadiums. It doesn't work that way.

Additionally, Spotify, especially, has done wonders for obscure discoverablity with Discover Weekly which incentivize smaller bands to support it (because again they make their money from tours). Discoverablity is much easier tho when it requires a 4 minutes time commitment while commuting with headphones as opposed to a multi hour commitment of film or TV.

They're not at all even remotely the same beast.

[VBprogrammer]

> It's not like the cast of Stranger Things can go and tour the world and perform a live Stranger Things inside stadiums. It doesn't work that way.

I for one would totally pay to see that.

[tjoff]

It doesn't follow that they need to be exclusive. It's just that exclusive titles are the best way to market your own service.

It is quite profitable if you are among the very few popular services. But now it's just a tragedy of the commons situation.

Yet again there is no practical way to watch a given serie/movie. Which is the whole premise of streaming services.

So yet again piracy gives you better quality with less fuss.

[Twisell]

This was absolutely true... before the Star Wars franchise in 70’s. And I’d bet that "stranger things" derived products are massively more cash producing than any artists live performance.

The real question is about independents, not blockbusters.