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Originally Posted by redforever
Kind of an interesting development for UK musicians. They need to earn a living, cant keep producing music that people download for free. Guess they will be paid directly instead of the money first going to record companies etc.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=T&...CYumqgPO19DSBw |
Care to back up that statement? If nobody hears their music in the first place they aren't going to make any money. If they are well known enough that their stuff is getting a lot of downloads then they are probably doing alright. The last 2 CDs I purchased I would never have bought if I hadn't been able to download and listen to the entire CD first.
On topic, this is a good idea, although I wonder how much money will go to the performers. It is a one-time payment to be split between 50,000 people.
Where the artists can really earn money is using this to get exposure. Especially artists who don't get mainstream airplay, this is a chance to get their music heard.