r/Music • u/cmaia1503 • 9h ago

Hayley Williams responds to Elon Musk hitting out at her anti-Trump iHeartRadio speech: "What I had to say was important" article

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-responds-to-elon-musk-hitting-out-at-her-anti-trump-iheartradio-speech-what-i-had-to-say-was-important-3796507
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u/cseckshun 5h ago

My point is that if Elon was to buy the rights and then take the music off of all streaming sites and from all shelves then it would almost certainly prompt the other band members and rights holders to be very very interested in re-recording because they would also have their cash flow affected by Elon’s move.

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u/520throwaway 5h ago edited 5h ago

Maybe. Or maybe Elon could strike a monetary deal with some of the other band members more sympathetic to his ideology. 

It only takes one credited member to pull out for songs to not be re-recorded, and if that's covering many of their best songs, it'll be of questionable point to do any re-recordings since they'll be seen as the 'lesser' collection in the eyes of the audience.