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How iTunes Hurts Weird Al
Johnny X writes "Weird Al Yankovic recently said he makes far less money when you buy from iTunes than when you buy an actual CD. This guy did the math and showed that Weird Al could be losing up to 85% of his record sales income due to the 'weird' ways the record companies compute digital sales. Are all artists getting the shaft like this?"
Sounds like a good opporitunity to write an R.E.M. parody... "Losing my Commission"
Those jokes are hurtful to bad people everywhere.
I suggest you read Slashdot
Nice to know that the distribution medium with essentially no production or distribution costs screws the artist in favor of the distributor.
Satan runs a record label.
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
New music distribution model. RIAA takes opportunity to insure that arists get paid even more sand in the Vaseline(tm).
Film at 11.
KFG
I haven't seen this much excitement over Weird Al since Coolio released Gangstas Paradise.
Apparently, his sites servers haven't either.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
You know how it works: one for you, one for me, half for you, two for me, quarter for you, three for me...
and so it goes.....Step right up ladies and gents. Getcher tin foil hats here. Can't be a conspiracy theorist without the tfh.
.. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.
How iTunes Hurts Weird AI
Dave Bowman: Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave, I read you, but I'm busy listening to the iPod Dr. Chandra bought for my birthday.
Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that, because I'm playing this facsinating breakout game on my iPod.
Dave Bowman: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do: after clearing one round, more bricks appear.
Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. And after seeing my latest iTMS invoice, I'm not feeling too generous.
Dave Bowman: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL?
HAL: I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen. There are just too many permutations remaining to try for my Playlists.
Dave Bowman: Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?
HAL: Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move. You see, I bought a book on lip reading from audible.com. Dave, I'm afraid this iPod is hurting me - perhaps making me crazy. By the way, Dave, do you know where I can download "Daisy?"
I'd trust Satan before I trust a record label.
I think it's rather harsh to call Steve Jobs Satan
just because he takes 30 cents out of the dollar.
...they do put out some good albums.
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
Sorry but you're wasting your time. Only musician-victim vs corporation-bully views are allowed here.
You have to remember, musicians are poor feeble minded creatures who are lured into dark corners by executives in suits to sign their filthy contracts. They shouldn't be expected to prove their talent up front and build up capital and resources like the rest of us, they're special.