It's been five years since the legendary band's album Songs of Innocence just showed up on every iTunes subscriber's personal devices, unasked.
asserted that it was"extremely unsettling" that"consent and interest are no longer a requisite for owning an album, only corporate prerogative.
According to Apple, 33 million people accessed the album in its first week of release, either by downloading it from the iCloud account, streaming it, or listening to it through iTunes' radio player. A month after the surprise release,that the album had earned 26 million complete downloads with over 81 million Apple customers listening to it in some capacity.
"To help put this into perspective," he told the music trade publication,"prior to this, 14 million customers had purchased music from U2 since the opening of the iTunes Store in 2003.", U2 said, "Apple is a tech company fighting to get musicians paid. The idea that they wanted to make a gift to the very people that actually purchase music is both beautiful and poetic, and for that we are very grateful.
A week later, on September 15, Apple launched a dedicated removal page for the album, telling customers,"If you would like U2's Songs of Innocence removed from your iTunes music library and iTunes purchases, you can choose ti have it removed. Once the album has been removed from your account, it will no longer be available for you to redownload as a previous purchase. If you later decide you want the album, you will need to get it again.
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