Cover songs: Homage or irksome marketing ploy?

There are about 600 versions of Adele's Oscar-winning song 'Skyfall' on the Spotify subscription music service. Not one of them features Adele. Adele's label, XL Recordings, keeps her music off of all-you-can-listen subscription plans until download sales peter out. In the meantime, copycat artists fill the void, racking up royalty revenue, often before customers realize they've been listening to someone else.

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