Re: Used CDs
No royalties are paid on either promo or record club material, the next largest source of used cd's. Iceman Thomas Wodock wrote: I buy a lot of used CD's to check out about new artists... afraid to shell out the 14-17 bucks on someone I've just read about or the album cover looks like I would like what is on the disc. I would bet half of the CD's I buy that way are promo's. Who gets those royalties??? Thom Wodock
Re: Used CDs
From: "Doug Young aka \"The Iceman\"" No royalties are paid on either promo or record club material, the next largest source of used cd's. The promo angle makes sense but "record club material"? How can that be when they sell a substantial share of all the product? I've never heard THAT before. NOW ONLINE, www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry netcast 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net For the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
Re: Used CDs
Mike Hays wrote: From: "Doug Young aka \"The Iceman\"" No royalties are paid on either promo or record club material, the next largest source of used cd's. The promo angle makes sense but "record club material"? How can that be when they sell a substantial share of all the product? I've never heard THAT before. I believe that there are no royalties paid on the 'come on' offers, the buy ten for the price of one. Royalties paid for the rest. Now I don't know if it is at the same rate. Bill Lavery
Re: Used CDs
At 07:59 AM 1/15/99 -0600, Bill Lavery wrote: I believe that there are no royalties paid on the 'come on' offers, the buy ten for the price of one. Royalties paid for the rest. Now I don't know if it is at the same rate. I had hesitated to join a record club because I thought no royalties were paid. But someone on rmcw who seemed knowledgeable told me that royalties ARE paid on record club cds, though they are less than on the ones sold in stores. I just did a Deja News search to see if I could find that post, and found some more current ones that spelled it out more thoroughly. These posts were from the author of the CD Club FAQ; and in the FAQ section about ethics: http://www.blooberry.com/cdfaq/ethical.htm he cites as his source: Billboard Magazine ("Record Clubs: An Inside Look At An Evolving Enterprise", 30 March 1996.) The FAQ also states: "...generally an artist will receive no royalties for CDs sold as "free or bonus" selections and only one-half their normal royalty rate for CDs sold as full priced selections. (see Shemel, Syndey. "This Business of Music". 1990. 61)" Lianne
Re: Used CDs
Who gets those royalties??? The used CD store gets the royalties. Yep -Original Message- From: Thomas Wodock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 6:46 PM Subject: RE: Used CDs I buy a lot of used CD's to check out about new artists... afraid to shell out the 14-17 bucks on someone I've just read about or the album cover looks like I would like what is on the disc. I would bet half of the CD's I buy that way are promo's. Who gets those royalties??? Thom Wodock