Musicians bitch that streaming products and services like Spotify price unfairly. Now the German stars met with the state minister of tradition Wolfram Weimer within the place of business. He needs to deal with it.
December 18, 2025, 8:05 p.m
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The surprising supergroup led to a stir within the Berlin place of business, led by way of Herbert Gronemeier, who described the track streaming gadget as an “idiotic system”. Gronemeier criticized the truth that international hits are particularly really helpful, whilst mid-sized musicians are at a drawback. The gadget could also be prone to cash laundering at the Darknet thru bought clicks. State Minister for Tradition Wolfram Weimer supported the musicians and known as for extra transparency and justice in track streaming. On the other hand, it stays unclear how those objectives can be accomplished, whilst Weimer wish to invite primary labels and streaming platforms to the Place of work for additional discussions.
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A supergroup or fairly a boy band? Within the Place of work (from left): Peter Maffai, Wolfram Weimer, Christopher Annen (AnnenMaiKantereit), Herbert Gronemeier, Daniel Grunenberg (Glasperlenspiel) © Christoph Soeder/dpa
About two dozen newshounds waited patiently at the grand, southern staircase of the Berlin place of business on Thursday afternoon. It is the staircase the place celebrity singers line up with the chancellor each and every January and are then allowed to immortalize them with a white signature. The balustrade of the south staircase was once already embellished with stars, however as an alternative of kids in 3 Kings costumes, all at once there have been utterly other celebrity singers: Peter Maffei, Balbina, Herbert Grenmeyer, Christopher Annen of Annen Would possibly Canterright and a number of other others. This new supergroup in the past met with State Minister for Tradition Wolfram Weimer, who’s within the Chancellery, for closed-door talks. Herbert Gronemeier is alleged to have turn into specifically sizzling, in keeping with one attendee. And Gronemeier now additionally stated sharply: “This is a system for stupid people!”
