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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?"

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  1. Time for a new song by Flimzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like a good opporitunity to write an R.E.M. parody... "Losing my Commission"

    1. Re:Time for a new song by Sentri · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...
      That's me on their ipod
      That's me on i - tunes
      Losing my comission
      Trying to keep up with tech
      And I don't know if you can do it
      Oh no you took too much
      I haven't got enough
      I thought that I heard price-fixing
      I thought that I heard you steal
      I think I thought I got ripped off ...

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      Can't we all just get along
  2. Re:So what's new? by WilliamSChips · · Score: 5, Funny

    Satan runs a record label.

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    Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
  3. Re:Still getting the raw end of the deal? by whitehatlurker · · Score: 4, Funny
    So the money that Al's not getting might have gone to the rootkit programmers?

    Step right up ladies and gents. Getcher tin foil hats here. Can't be a conspiracy theorist without the tfh.

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    .. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.
  4. Re:Raw end...hah! by LegendLength · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.