"in light of the (reported) significant investments by its CEO in a company producing military munition drones and AI technology integrated into fighter aircraft, Massive Attack have made a separate request to our label that our music be removed from the Spotify streaming service in all territories. In our view, the historic precedent of effective artist action during apartheid South Africa and the apartheid, war crimes and genocide now being committed by the state of Israel renders the No Music for Genocide campaign imperative."
"whereby the hard-earned money of fans and the creative endeavours of musicians ultimately funds lethal, dystopian technologies. Enough is more than enough. Another way is possible. The Guardian has contacted Spotify for comment. Helsing said in a statement: Currently we see misinformation spreading that Helsing's technology is deployed in war zones other than Ukraine. This is not correct. Our technology is deployed to European countries for deterrence and for defence against the Russian aggression in Ukraine only."
Massive Attack requested their label remove their music from Spotify in all territories in protest at founder Daniel Ek's reported 600m (520m) investment in the military AI company Helsing. Prima Materia led Helsing's recent funding round. Helsing develops AI software to analyse sensor and weapons-system data to inform real-time military decisions and manufactures the HX-2 military drone; Daniel Ek is chairman. Massive Attack joined the No Music for Genocide initiative, where over 400 artists and labels block their music from Israeli streaming services; their Spotify action is separate. The band says streaming revenues now compound economic, moral and ethical burdens when they fund lethal technologies. Helsing states its technology is deployed only to European countries for deterrence and defence against Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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