What if someone started a real underground music label on the dark web. Bitcoin only, no banks, no streaming and no middlemen. Artists could drop music, earn for say 5 or 10 years, then the rights go to the public domain. No corporate ownership, no lifetime contracts.
Could a label like that actually work?
that label exists already, it’s called BitTorrent. no need to go on the dark web. there are artists who “leak” their own music on there either for revenge against their label or because they don’t wanna exclude their poor fans from enjoying the art
This would be an alternative to doing that and the fans could still donate.