[LINK] How the big music companies take music royalties forthemselves

[TKoltai]

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> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Paul Bolger
> Sent: Saturday, 10 March 2012 10:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: [LINK] How the big music companies take music 
> royalties forthemselves
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> It has occurred to me that there is a need for a digital 'honesty jar'
> - a method for paying artists directly for music which one 
> obtains via bit torrent or other non record company 
> sanctioned means. As well as making the consumer feel good it 
> would be a powerful argument if one were ever singled out by 
> the copyright police: "Well, actually, I paid them directly."
> 
> 
> The question is: what is a fair price for a track? How much 
> would one have to pay to exceed what the artist would have 
> got from selling a recording of a song via the conventional 
> means? We know that Apple sell songs for US$.99, and that 
> they take 30% of that. Presumably the record companies take 
> at least half of the remaining 66c. What does the band 
> actually get?

AFTER all record company promotional, lunch, party costs, Carribean
conferences, RIAA subscription fees, Political party donations, hire
cars, and escort services are paid for - if anything is left, then the
band get about 3-6 cents per track.