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Originally Posted by AdamJoshua
Jay I think that's the problem is that just because traditional radio stations have these no royalty loop-holes doesn't mean that streamers such as pandora should be able to stick it to the artists all in the name of "we deserve to make money as well". They are in the delivery business yet are complaining about what they are paying for the items they are delivering, that doesn't really make any sense at all, the artists aren't asking them to deliver their music.
For those of you that think we are talking about millions of dollars a year here and the "greedy artists"...
$5000 a year for 90% of the artists on Pandora, this isn't about P.F. losing millions they are actually standing up for the 90% that are getting nothing and now Pandora want's them to take an 85% pay cut out of that 5 grand. If you think this is fair to this small market artists, I'm sorry but you are the one with issues.
Edit: also Metallica didn't drop **** and call all **** off. Suit not Suite.
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That $5k is after the recording label gets their cut, which is huge.
A lot more than 5k is being paid out, the artists are getting screwed on the trickle down because typically they get very little from sales and broadcast royalty revenue. Bands like Pink Floyd own most, if not all, of their song rights, so they get the fat check, not the label.