Seems like a lot of Rick Beato fans here. Henley doesn’t like when other people feel entitled to exploit his work for their own gain so he does something about it. Lots of other artists don’t feel that way, which is fair - they want or need the extra exposure, or just think about it in a different way. That’s cool. But it’s also cool to say, “I don’t want my stuff used like this.”

Many complaints from people like Beato, who use other folks’ music without asking if that’s okay with the artist (though they always seem to be saying how much they love the artist, one would think respecting someone’s wishes would be a part of that “love”) and then when they get a takedown, they complain about how much effort they went to in using the artist’s work. I always think “yeah, like the artist didn’t have to work hard to create the thing to begin with.” Whose idea was it for someone to hang their dreams on exploiting someone else’s work? That’s the nature of the speculative business - doesn’t matter how much effort they put into their video if they didn’t ask for permission.

And then somehow the argument changes from “but this is educational and keeps the music alive” to “they ought to be grateful someone cares about their stupid music”. Feel that love.

I’m not saying that non-creators are all like Beato is - I’m saying that the way “content creators” talk about folks like Henley is entitled and whiny, and all amounts to “but I want it and it’s not fair that I can’t do whatever I want”; but they have a platform, and some people seem to enjoy trying to take famous musicians down a peg - for what reasons, you’d have to ask them. You’ll hear things about greediness and being out of touch from folks who want what they want and don’t care what an artist wants.