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Yes the record labels need to go. They have been preying on musicians for a long time and will continue to do so. I'm sure that Sootify could pay more without them, but that wouldn't allow their model to completely support musicians. If every music listener paid a total of $9.99 per month or agreed to listen to ads, when you take out administrative, equipment, and bandwidth costs, there's just not enough money to split up. It makes a good promotional tool but needs to link to other ways to support musicians. They need to make it easy to buy concert tickets, mercy, Flattr, or other forms of support without being intrusive.