Actually, its a yearly tax, they have trucks that run around looking for scofflaws and people that are illegally watching television in their own homes. http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/bbc.html
No, they didn't do that, they randomly chose prices for some items a while ago.(it was like a multiple choice, you could get price A, B, or C) the cookies, just made sure that once you got A, you still got A, they were testing the market. After it all blew through they charged everyone the lowest price for the item.
The songwriting (mechanical) royalty is 8 cents a song, so an album has 12 songs then there is a royalty of about $1 for the songwriters, this is paid directly to the credited songwriter by the Harry Fox Agency, they take a 4% cut to do the accounting, thus for every 12 song album written by "the artist" there is a net mechanical royalty of $0.92/album regardless of how well it sells, then there is the performance royalty (paid to the performers on the recording) of whatever the deal that the particular artist has negociated, that is the one that has to recoup before they see any money from it.
Except you quoted an article that had context, when Albini wrote this he was pissed, pissed that People like The Butthole Surfers were ditching a label (Touch and Go) that gave them a good deal and did a lot of work to develop them, pissed that others were about to do the same thing. What he was saying in context is that being on Touch and Go, is a better deal for everyone, except the major labels. This was originally part of a give and take with another writer on the editorial pages of a Chicago Weekly, if I recall it was Bill Wyman, the guy who was sued for being given at birth the name that the bassist for The Rolling Stones chose as a stage name. The reason that I bring this all up is whenever p2p gets brought up on slashdot, instantly people say its ok because the Major labels screw the artists, and then Albini gets posted. But A) a vast majority of artists being "traded" are NOT on major labels, while there may be more people trading Britney Spears, for every one of her there are people trading Aimee Mann, Neko Case, Cat Power, etc. B) Albini also gets brought up saying that "artists only make money touring", I guess they didn't bother to read the article, because the touring loses the artist $15,750. C) Albini's example is a band that sells really well, one of the top 100 albums of the year, what happens if instead of selling 250K albums they sell 10K albums, which is actually more likely to happen. Then the Gross Profit for the record company is 65K, but there is a net loss of 200K.
Yeah the Major Labels are hydras, they have lots of subsidiaries, but the lower you go on the chain the better the royalty deal gets for the artist, because the minor/major labels don't spend as much on them, so there is a smaller chance of losing money.
Here is the problem with you quoting Albini, Major labels give bad deals, but most artists are not on Major Labels, they are on "indie" labels, who give really good royalty deals, 50% or more, and don't spend 200grand on publicity, and recording, and they way that the artist gets paid is by selling 20,000 copies of their record.
If small label artists appreciate the distribution how come Neko Case's Canadian Amp has this written on the back of the cover.
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Before you start complaining too much about people downloading music illegally, consider where the money from CD purchases is going, the majority of which is going to the record companies, not even the artist anyways.
There are plenty of bands being "traded" on Kazaa on labels that give really good contracts. These are the labels that are going to go away, they were already on such razor thin margins that they were going bankrupt (see subpop). I don't see option in Kazaa to "only download from artists that willfully signed away all their rights and royalties."
Did you read the article? I didn't say I didn't like it, I said it does not say that P2P is acceptible to courtney, nor does it say that she makes any money touring. The other article which she ripped off actually gives REAL NUMBERS and they make it clear that touring makes not money!
First of all in that speech she says that she expects money from napster as they are stealing from her, its somewhere around page 3, secondly she doesn't anywhere say that she only makes money touring, and third since much of that rant is an exact copy of Steve Albini's Years older baffler rant "some of your friends are already this fucked" You should read the original, which actually spells out the finances of a fictionaly band touring 8 weeks, net profit for the band is a $15,750 loss. and fourth she fails to mention the money that she gets from publishing AKA mechanical royalties which pay out regardless if the band recoups. The major labels suck, but many of the smaller ones who don't suck and bands are getting the shaft.
BTW Albini's rant was written when the Butthole Surfers left Touch and Go and went to Capitol and work with Ministry, one of Steves least favorite bands, he was pissed.
Artists are already being paid $0.08 a track sold via Mechanical Royalty (paid directly to the songwriter), on a 10 track album that is $0.80 per album sold, many are more than 10 tracks, and they are paid accordingly.
Only the biggest bands make money touring, most bands who write their own songs make their money from publishing AKA mechanical royalties which pay $0.08 a track sold.
You can also see what Neko Case has to say about internet "Sharing". On the back of her "Canadian Amp" LP she states that these tracks are not for sharing on the internet as we have families too.
In this example touring nets "the band" $15,750 in the hole, however Albini fails to mention the Mechanical Royalty which would be at today's rates $0.08 per track sold, if we say 10 tracks per disk, and 250,000 discs sold, we get a mechanical of $200,000 which goes directly to the song writers (not to the record company)! If they are in the band, then that is where a majority of their profits comes from.
One more thing that Albini fails to mention is the Mechanical Royalty which is $0.08 per track sold, thus if the CD has 10 tracks there is a total Royalty of $200,000 -2% to the Harry Fox Agency paid directly to the song writers, if they happen to be in band then that is where a majority of their income comes from.
Name these artists that are so average that they are like "most musicians".
Read what Steve Albini has to say about it. Sure the record company he speaks of sucks, but does the artist make any money touring? Read what Coco the Electric Monkey Wizard and The Brannock Device of Man or Astroman? have to say about the Finances of playing live.
Plus these guys are actually in the top 10% of the bands out there, the average band is something that you see opening for these guys.
One more thing, is that, according to the IRS, there are only 132 Million income tax payers in the US, which puts the bill over $1,000 per tax payer, however a more meaningful statistic would be the median bill which I don't have.
I guess your reading skills are as good as your math skills.
I pointed out that the 87 Billion was to fund the rest of the year, we have already spent 80 Billion. $167 Billion that gets us to January 2004. 167 Billion/200 Million Is pretty close to 1000, Fucking Amazing! How much do you think we are going to spend next year? I don't know but I would much rather have spent $200 Billion researching other things than blowing up an independant nation that did not pose a threat to us.
How does this effect our economy? Read Princeton Economy Prof. Paul Krugman's articles at the New York Times.
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Actually, its a yearly tax, they have trucks that run around looking for scofflaws and people that are illegally watching television in their own homes.
http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/bbc.html
Most of the programs will transfer via a push, thus a firewall will not stop you from "sharing"
No, they didn't do that, they randomly chose prices for some items a while ago.(it was like a multiple choice, you could get price A, B, or C) the cookies, just made sure that once you got A, you still got A, they were testing the market. After it all blew through they charged everyone the lowest price for the item.
The songwriting (mechanical) royalty is 8 cents a song, so an album has 12 songs then there is a royalty of about $1 for the songwriters, this is paid directly to the credited songwriter by the Harry Fox Agency, they take a 4% cut to do the accounting, thus for every 12 song album written by "the artist" there is a net mechanical royalty of $0.92/album regardless of how well it sells, then there is the performance royalty (paid to the performers on the recording) of whatever the deal that the particular artist has negociated, that is the one that has to recoup before they see any money from it.
Yeah the Major Labels are hydras, they have lots of subsidiaries, but the lower you go on the chain the better the royalty deal gets for the artist, because the minor/major labels don't spend as much on them, so there is a smaller chance of losing money.
Here is the problem with you quoting Albini, Major labels give bad deals, but most artists are not on Major Labels, they are on "indie" labels, who give really good royalty deals, 50% or more, and don't spend 200grand on publicity, and recording, and they way that the artist gets paid is by selling 20,000 copies of their record.
Protected under international copyright laws. Not intended fof MP3 internet downloading or reproduction of any kiond. This is what we do for a living, we have kids, bills, and rent. Thank You.
Then the plural would be vira, there is no second I to get the Nomanative plural. Virii is wrong no matter what.
If it were latin the plural would be viri, where does that second i come from?
But if you add all taxes, sales, income, SSA, medicade, property, you find they pay much lower than 50%.
There are plenty of bands being "traded" on Kazaa on labels that give really good contracts. These are the labels that are going to go away, they were already on such razor thin margins that they were going bankrupt (see subpop). I don't see option in Kazaa to "only download from artists that willfully signed away all their rights and royalties."
Did you read the article? I didn't say I didn't like it, I said it does not say that P2P is acceptible to courtney, nor does it say that she makes any money touring. The other article which she ripped off actually gives REAL NUMBERS and they make it clear that touring makes not money!
BTW Albini's rant was written when the Butthole Surfers left Touch and Go and went to Capitol and work with Ministry, one of Steves least favorite bands, he was pissed.
Artists are already being paid $0.08 a track sold via Mechanical Royalty (paid directly to the songwriter), on a 10 track album that is $0.80 per album sold, many are more than 10 tracks, and they are paid accordingly.
Only the biggest bands make money touring, most bands who write their own songs make their money from publishing AKA mechanical royalties which pay $0.08 a track sold.
You can also see what Neko Case has to say about internet "Sharing". On the back of her "Canadian Amp" LP she states that these tracks are not for sharing on the internet as we have families too.
In this example touring nets "the band" $15,750 in the hole, however Albini fails to mention the Mechanical Royalty which would be at today's rates $0.08 per track sold, if we say 10 tracks per disk, and 250,000 discs sold, we get a mechanical of $200,000 which goes directly to the song writers (not to the record company)! If they are in the band, then that is where a majority of their profits comes from.
One more thing that Albini fails to mention is the Mechanical Royalty which is $0.08 per track sold, thus if the CD has 10 tracks there is a total Royalty of $200,000 -2% to the Harry Fox Agency paid directly to the song writers, if they happen to be in band then that is where a majority of their income comes from.
Read what Steve Albini has to say about it. Sure the record company he speaks of sucks, but does the artist make any money touring? Read what Coco the Electric Monkey Wizard and The Brannock Device of Man or Astroman? have to say about the Finances of playing live.
Plus these guys are actually in the top 10% of the bands out there, the average band is something that you see opening for these guys.
Have you ever toured? Its more like working 160 hours a week and getting paid just enough to eat.
There is this study (you need powerpoint to read it, doesn't that suck)
This is simply a bullshit myth, give the sources for said study.
Yet nobody complains that it updates without authorization.
One more thing, is that, according to the IRS, there are only 132 Million income tax payers in the US, which puts the bill over $1,000 per tax payer, however a more meaningful statistic would be the median bill which I don't have.
I pointed out that the 87 Billion was to fund the rest of the year, we have already spent 80 Billion. $167 Billion that gets us to January 2004. 167 Billion/200 Million Is pretty close to 1000, Fucking Amazing! How much do you think we are going to spend next year? I don't know but I would much rather have spent $200 Billion researching other things than blowing up an independant nation that did not pose a threat to us.
How does this effect our economy? Read Princeton Economy Prof. Paul Krugman's articles at the New York Times.