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What Brit is that then?


That doesn't follow at all. If 3% of the biggest buyers withdrew their business, that might have some impact, but I have no way of knowing what impact or how much that might mean in financial terms and nor do you. If 3% of the smallest buyers left it would be nothing more than a gnat bite on the arse of an elephant. The numbers of buyers leaving and joining is in a constant state of flux at any time, it will only be in some months that the effect of this  may or may not be obvious. Don't kid yourself that the vast majority of buyers ( and that number is in the millions) care about the financial agreement between IS and their artists.

I don't want. It may be true, it may not be, it may ( almost certainly)make no difference whatsoever in the grand scheme of things, it may ( less likely) bring IS to its knees. Only time will tell.

I'm treating the loss of a buyer with a certain amount of scepticism without knowing all the details.
I've been here before when some major upset erupts at IS, I've seen predictions of the imminent demise of IS because the world and his mate are going to take business away, we're all going to gang up and bring IS to its knees etc etc. I will bet my money that this will all settle down and be forgotten in 2 months. I could be wrong though, who knows?

You might be right or you might be wrong about the final outcome, except that it won't be forgotten. You can substitute the buyers I referred to with those being listed in the thread here about buyers quitting if you like. It is a fact some buyers have stated they will leave.

Where you are wrong is being rady to accept whatever iS does to you and in showing no interest in the implications your agent's behavior has for your future. But maybe it just doesn't matter to you.