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Protecting america's kids????Protecting america's kids????Posted Oct 8, 2004 16:33 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (guest, #3222)In reply to: Protecting america's kids???? by paulpach Parent article: Senate Talks Fail on File-Sharing Software (Newsday)
They certainly aren't protecting the wallets of the people who actually play and sing the music, that's for sure.
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Protecting america's kids???? Posted Oct 8, 2004 18:08 UTC (Fri) by The_Pirate (guest, #21740) [Link] I guess you are right. Same problem this side of the pond.
Here in Denmark, a fresh CD cost roughly Dkk 150. Thats about US$ 25.
The musicians gets - depending on contract - 0.85$ per sold CD. The rest goes to the distributor/sales.
This does not include recording and marketing, at least not for new upcoming bands. They have to pay for the recording, printing of CD's and initial advertising themselves - first when they shown that they 'carry their weight', they'll be able to negotiate better deals.
This is the direct cause of a lot of illegal file sharing here. Nobody minds that the musicians get paid, but why the (insert explicit here) should anybody pay some leeches 19.15$ pr.CD for nothing?
Perhaps alternative distribution methods could help breaking the Fat Cats.
The musicians could provide lo-quality MP3's for free download, as "Try Before You Buy", then let people pay for download of the CD-quality file.
I could imagine secondary buisnesses start, like the old CDrom.com - select what you want, we burn the CD and ship it to you.
Tennis, anyone?
Protecting america's kids???? Posted Oct 8, 2004 19:31 UTC (Fri) by ccchips (guest, #3222) [Link] Try this company for a forward-looking approach to distribution and sales. If a user downloads an album, the artist gest 50% of what the user pays. If a user wants a CD, the user pays an extra $4.97 for the shipping, packaging, and artwork; all that money goes to the company that does the CD work.
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