Record Labels' Answer To Napster
...Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed
In their bitter battles against Napster and other free music downloading services, record company executives have wielded one moral argument that has placed their position beyond self-interest: the fans take the music without proper permission and don't pay the artists a dime.
Last December, the major record labels responded with two Internet services of their own where fans pay monthly fees to download songs. Under this arrangement, however, the performers still don't get a dime: for each song downloaded, they stand to get only a fraction of a cent, according to the calculations of disgruntled managers and lawyers.
And, artists and their managers say, the labels, like Napster, aren't putting the music online with proper permission either. [NY Times]
[mock horror]...i am so shocked that the Music Industry would rip off it's artist...who would have thought...I am sure it's just a big mistake...just like that whole encoded CD thing...[end mock horror]
These people are scum...mj
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