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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"
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.
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.
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.
...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.