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RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales

Here’s another great article on the “behind the scenes” money stories of the music industry. This comes from a posting over at techdirt. We recently had a fun post about Hollywood accounting, about how the movie industry makes sure even big hit movies “lose money” on paper. So how about the recording industry? Well, they’re [...]

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ASCAP Now Demanding License From Venues That Let People Play Guitar Hero

Wait…what? Breaking news from Tech Dirt: from the can’t-listen-without-paying-up dept… We’ve been detailing how the various collection societies around the globe have been trotting out all sorts of dubious reasoning to try to get more people to pay up for a license. In the US, ASCAP has been particularly ridiculous, seeking public performance licenses for [...]

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How Can You Possibly Make Any Money Giving Away Your Music For Free?

At this year’s NARM Connects event, there was a very interesting talk given by Michael Masnick called Learning From What’s Working: Success Stories From The Music Commerce Frontier. You might recognize Michael as one of the founders of TechDirt. As for NARM (the National Association of Recording Merchandisers), it’s a not-for-profit trade association that serves [...]

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