Hindi Film 101 One-Off: Music Digital Rights Stuff

Remember yesterday when I was driven to an existential crisis by the way the release of “Phurr” kept being delayed and delayed?  Well, googling around today revealed there is a fascinating industry story behind it.  “Phurr” is being publicized as the first song to be released behind a “paywall”.  Which isn’t actually true, but that’s another story. (also, it’s on iTunes now, but also on Saavn, if you pay for the app like I do, you can download and listen as much as you want)

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