http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/06 ... ous_plait/
Some of the comments are revealing :
"Jean Michel should really shut up and go back to his beloved music industry and shake more money out of them, because the reason why artists are paid so little is that the bunch of well-known intermediaries in the industry steal all their money!"
JMJ on music royalties
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- KVRAF
- 6323 posts since 30 Dec, 2004 from London uk
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- KVRAF
- 2648 posts since 20 Jun, 2012
The commenter made a quite valid point. This is nothing but greed on the part of music industry. Its parasitism in its worst form. You should pay for what you use (CD's, mp3's) and not some general tax on for using general computing technology. I see no reason whatsoever why music industry should get to collect some kind of tax and guaranteed income on others' inventions and technology. End of story.
No signature here!
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- KVRAF
- 8150 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
Maybe more sobering for him if it could be established just how many people have his music on a smartphone. Not as many as he thinks I reckon.