Styrofoam Boots: In light of all this SOPA and Protect IP stuff...
I think some people need to understand how buying an album works.
If I go out to buy a CD (say, the upcoming Bruce Springsteen album), and the CD costs $20. Usually around 10% of this ($2) will go to the Bruce Springsteen (Plus possibly more money, depending on the contract). Now, major labels…
This is good to know for anybody who doesn’t understand the music industry. It’s also worth knowing that most of the people who ran the industry through the 80’s were extremely corrupt, such that most artist / label contracts are really fucked. They generally amount to the label loaning the artist money to record, but ALSO keeping the record. That’s like if you borrowed money to buy a house, paid it all off, and then didn’t own the house.
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andrewmcgavisk reblogged this from oh-noo and added:
It’s not about piracy. It’s a way to give these corporations more power. That’s why they all support it.
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pics-de-lumiere reblogged this from fungusmonk and added:
I’d agree that the first system is legitimate if not for the fact that record labels put artists in tremendous debt.
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acelebrationofweird reblogged this from styrofoam-boots and added:
anybody who doesn’t understand...industry. It’s also worth knowing
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