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PressPlay and MusicNet vs. Artists

Posted by michael on from the wake-up-call-for-musicians dept.

gilroy writes: "According to a New York Times article (free registration, yadda yadda), despite taking the moral high ground (that they want to see artists compensated, as opposed to all those evil downloaders), the record companies have actually set up pay schedules so as to -- wait for it -- rip off the artists who record the music. Some figure they will earn less than $0.0023 per download -- yes, that's hundredths of a penny. Best quote from the article: 'For many acts, suddenly there appears to be little difference between the illicit file-sharing system and record-label services.' Good to see they're fighting for the artists, n'est-ce pas?"

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  1. Interresting stuff. by codeforprofit2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Totally offtopic but kind of fun anyway.

    Check out www.stallman.org, I wasn't aware that he wants legalisation of marajuana, was you?

    Quite absurd: http://211.9.115.254/slashdot/memset-bug

    Anyone knows if it's true?

    1. Re:Interresting stuff. by codeforprofit2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "Anyone knows if it's true?"

      The memset bug that is. How on earth can there be a bug in a function like memset, it's not the most complex function there is???

  2. babelfish translation by jeffehobbs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gilroy writes: "According to a New York Times article (free registration, yadda yadda), despite taking the moral high ground (that they want to see artists compensated, as opposed to all those evil downloaders), the record companies have actually set up pay schedules so as to -- wait for it -- rip off the artists who record the music. Some figure they will earn less than $0.0023 per download -- yes, that's hundredths of a penny. Best quote from the article: 'For many acts, suddenly there appears to be little difference between the illicit file-sharing system and record-label services.' Good to see they're fighting for the artists, isn't this?"

  3. Whoohoo! I'm on topic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeeeeehawww!

    Hey! Play "Freebird"!

    Whooooo hoooo!

  4. Maybe, finally, this time!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Firstus Postus, Beeeeotchae!!!

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    God bless your incompetent troll-busting Taco!



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  5. $5 million is hundreths of a penny by andaru · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    $5 million is hundreths of a penny.

    It's just a whole flapping lot of them.

    --

    Why is Grand Theft Auto a much more serious crime than Reckless Driving?