PressPlay and MusicNet vs. Artists

Posted by michael on Tuesday February 19, 2002 @06:21AM 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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Music pirates must change the world! by dbc001 · 2002-02-19 06:46 · Score: 0, Troll

Make all the jerkoff "musicians" get real jobs - they can flip burgers like everybody else! And all the manpower/money that goes into forcing crap down our throats can be diverted into something that's actually productive!

umm... we were talking about mp3s right?