Pat Farrell;200460 Wrote: > > While you write in support of the RIAA's claim that money goes to poor > > artists, which consumers think means musicians, in practice most of the > > money goes to the big four record labels, and 8 cents per song goes to > > the writer of the song (per ASCAP and BMI rules). Most artists get > nothing from CD sales. 60 minutes did a piece on the Dixie Chicks a > while back, they sell millions and get nothing from the CD sales. > > Do not feed the trolls >
Yes! This is the crux of the digital rights problem. All the DRM fandango is just downstream noise created to deflect the attention from the real problem. The rise of the netlabel is one of the answers to the bargaining asymmetry in the music market. Protect the artists, when they start bargaining with the producers... Cheers, Giacomo -- gbruzzo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gbruzzo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3633 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
