by zamboni » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:58 am
Mthrsuperior wrote:
The point is whether or not the artists receive compensation which they do not from allofmp3.
Without debating the legality of AllOfMP3, I would just like to point out one concrete fact:
Artists, today, get almost the exact same amount of royalty money from tracks downloaded via AllOfMP3... as they do from iTunes or any other source.
What, you say?
Yup - barely pennies. It has been in the news recently. NONE of their contracts require royalty payments for "non-physical" distribution. There are portions for "licensing" (as in movies). Sadly, most of the money Apple pays to the music industry goes to... well, not the artists. It goes to the obscene salaries their executives make, and to the lawyers who sue, and pays for their country club memberships, etc. Almost nothing goes to artists.
Given that fact, I support AllOfMP3. I'd rather NOTwaste money paying already-wealthy-executives-and-lawyers...
If AllOfMP3 paid just an extra 10 cents to the artists, that would be double what even big names are getting from the crooks. The RIAA crooks pay about 4 cents, and pocket the rest. Lesser, unknown, and new artists, often get
nothing from digital downloads.
http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/4310.html
If that is not bad enough, in November, 2006,
The RIAA petitioned the US to let them DECREASE royalty payments to artists
Something about them "earning too much money" from ring-tones "and other digital distribution" (the last... is iTunes!!!!!!)
http://gear.ign.com/articles/749/749883p1.html
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/sea ... 1003466811
[quote="Mthrsuperior"]
The point is whether or not the artists receive compensation which they do not from allofmp3.[/quote]
Without debating the legality of AllOfMP3, I would just like to point out one concrete fact:
[b]Artists, today, get almost the exact same amount of royalty money from tracks downloaded via AllOfMP3... as they do from iTunes or any other source[/b].
What, you say?
Yup - barely pennies. It has been in the news recently. NONE of their contracts require royalty payments for "non-physical" distribution. There are portions for "licensing" (as in movies). Sadly, most of the money Apple pays to the music industry goes to... well, not the artists. It goes to the obscene salaries their executives make, and to the lawyers who sue, and pays for their country club memberships, etc. Almost nothing goes to artists.
Given that fact, I support AllOfMP3. I'd rather NOTwaste money paying already-wealthy-executives-and-lawyers...
If AllOfMP3 paid just an extra 10 cents to the artists, that would be double what even big names are getting from the crooks. The RIAA crooks pay about 4 cents, and pocket the rest. Lesser, unknown, and new artists, often get [b]nothing[/b] from digital downloads.
http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/4310.html
If that is not bad enough, in November, 2006, [b]The RIAA petitioned the US to let them [u]DECREASE[/u] royalty payments to artists[/b]
Something about them "earning too much money" from ring-tones "and other digital distribution" (the last... is iTunes!!!!!!)
http://gear.ign.com/articles/749/749883p1.html
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003466811