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# This Week in Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-1-36/
- Published: 2015-08-16T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-08-16T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: Prince speaks out against record contracts and Pandora's Tim Westergren weighs in on the state of the music industry. This and more in the week's music commentary section.
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Music Business, Copyright Royalty Board, D.C., Hoopoe Starling, Internet radio, music industry, Pandora Radio, record label, Royalties, Sirius XM Radio, SoundExchange, Washington, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

**[![6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d12f2acd970c-100wi](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d14971dc970c-100wi "6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d12f2acd970c-100wi")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d14971dc970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Prince** speaks out against **record contracts** and **Pandora's Tim Westergren** weighs in on the **state of the music industry**. This and more in the week's music commentary section. 
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- [Pandora's Tim Westergren: Bringing Music Into The Light](https://www.hypebot.com/bringing-music-into-the-light/)
- [SoundExchange Launches PLAYS Search Engine: Who's Claiming Your Recordings?](https://www.hypebot.com/money-earned-from-digital-plays-often-for-one-reason-or-another-ends-up-in-the-wrong-hands-and-even-services-like-soudexc/)
- [Prince Calls Record Contracts "Slavery," Says Jay Z Is Building A "One Stop Shop For Artists"](https://www.hypebot.com/prince-calls-record-contracts-slavery-says-jay-z-is-building-a-one-stop-shop-for-artists/)

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