Maybe a stupid question but if songtradr focuses more on B2B licensing of music could't they hammer out exclusive deals and remove the music entirely from end customer catalog? I mainly think about licensing it to other streaming services.
People have already mentioned that some music disappeared from the catalog because artists pulled it. I wonder if this acquisition would make it more common.
While it's entirely possible, I've never heard of this specific thing happening. Companies want music that is popular. They might pay enough to make music exclusive in the B2B licensing, but they don't want music that nobody can listen to. The only thing I could think of is if a movie/game wants to buy out an album as their soundtrack, but again, I've not heard of this actually happening, at least pulling back a release.
Likely music disappearing from Bandcamp is likely because the artist signed with a Label and the Label wants exclusive ability to market the artist's music.
People have already mentioned that some music disappeared from the catalog because artists pulled it. I wonder if this acquisition would make it more common.