____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 29 August 2007 10:37 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Oldtech on Sunday 19 August 2007 15:55 : \____
>>
>>> [H]omer wrote:
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>> If you buy a CD for $20, it is likely that $4 is taxable, another $6
>>>>> goes to the record shop and then, officer in the 99th floor spilt the
>>>>> rest with the actual artist, who will be lucky to receive $5 from the
>>>>> $20
>>>>
>>>> 25 percent?
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure it's that high? I heard that it was only a few cents per
>>>> sale.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I hope the RIAA get their asses well and truly kicked in this
>>>> lawsuit. The best outcome would be if they were forced to disband
>>>> completely, and compensate all those they intimidated with their thug
>>>> tactics.
>>>>
>>> Lots of us come here, and we spout our enthusiastic BS without any
>>> factual basis.
>>>
>>> Yeah, sometimes our advocasy overtakes our brain functions.
>>>
>>> The split for the performers runs into the upper nickel per album, for
>>> many captive to the moguls. Thus the huge move to Creative Commons, or
>>> to establishing their own label! Thus, the need for them to go on the
>>> road and perform at concerts.
>>>
>>> "Popular" does not always equate to "wealthy". Thus, the Rolling Stones
>>> concerts, the Willie Nelson concerts, and the hundreds of others. You
>>> might notice that the large percentage of CDs for sale at the door are
>>> of other concerts, because the performers actually make dollars on each,
>>> not the normal less than a nickel!
>>>
>>> The RIAA actually represents the big label's interests, not the
>>> recording artists, who see little if any money from settlements.
>>>
>>> The RIAA is using illegal tactics, as IP addresses do not resolve to
>>> specific individuals for long, even on most wired networks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Read some:
>>>
>>>
>>> Courtney Love on miniscule royalties for the Band:
>>> http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/
>>>
>>> http://www.boycott-riaa.com/
>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/30/antiriaa_lawyer_no_l.html
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40474
>>>
>>> Google for more. Recording Contract or RIAA or Anti-RIAA
>>
>> Remember TLC going bankrupt just years after enormous success? Sometimes you
>> cannot believe these stories. I wonder how much cash each Spice Girl has got
>> in the bank. Victoria must still be relying on David Beckham's wage, but the
>> rest sell their souls to kids television for a quick buck. Okay, maybe it's
>> an exaggeration, but to many other artists this is true. The singers are
>> like ISVs in MafiaSoft's pocket.
>>
>
> I think they (spice girls) made money from photo marketing and
> merchandising, rather than from the recordings they made. To be honest,
> though, you couldn't really call it music, could you?
Well, maybe not the singing, but those beats make a tune. Of course, very few
of those pop stars are actually able to write music (writing down notes, not
just humming). It's the musician that might be getting paid better (think
Timbaland or Bucharach(?)) , along with the middlemen.
--
~~ Best of wishes
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