> from 10 euro cd artist gets maybe some 20 cents if they're lucky So you think that 2% of the CD sale price does to the artist if they are luyky. Common sense should tell you that is junk. I was guessing arount 10% same as a book but more for very established artists.
A quick check at a harvard law web site gave me this: > > * Currently, when a CD is sold [in the United States], 35 percent of > the retail price goes to the store, 27 percent to the record company, > 16 percent to the artist, 13 percent to the manufacturer and 9 percent > to the distributor." See Strauss, "Pennies That Add Up to $16.98: Why > CD's Cost So Much," New York Times, July 5, 1995, Section C, page 11, > column 1. > > * In Great Britain, a typical popular-music compact disc costs aprx. > $17 (U.S.). Of that amount, 17% goes to the retail store, 50% goes to > record company, 17% goes to taxes, and 17% goes to a combination of the > composer, the music publisher, and the recording artist. New recording > artists typically get only 7% of retail price, while established > artists get as much as 15%. However, both are commonly responsible for > studio charges and other expenses. The net result, under current > regime, is that new artists often end up with nothing. > -- willyhoops ------------------------------------------------------------------------ willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
