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Merchandising also is becoming many music stars' answer to lackluster record sales.
"The world of the record royalties and significant earnings from records is down dramatically," Furano said. "That reflects three things: Artists need to tour to promote record sales; revenue from ticket sales are very significant to the income stream now that record sales are down; and merchandise. Britney Spears is going to gross over $10 million (for this tour), (and) half of that she'll end up putting in her pocket."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/26/music.spears.reut/index.html
To be perfectly honest, it is only for the sake of the cash cows (every pun intended) that the RIAA makes such a fuss. The lesser or older artists don't get that kind of attention. When was the last time you saw one of those suits filed on behalf of, say The Strawberry Alarm Clock? You can bet the exploited artists of the 1950s and 1960s aren't getting a dime of the spoils.
eMule is bulky, BitTorrent is very unreliable and iMesh relies on ad screens (with pop-ups). Take your pick, but there are other ways... - Posted by: AbsolutelyNot Posted on: 04/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
You can't beat the geek
agramont@... | 04/26/04
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Expecting too much
Letophoro | 04/26/04
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Bandwidth
issthatso | 04/26/04
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Consumers, I think, don't mind paying for the real thing
Squawkbox | 04/26/04
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Like the artists are really starving...
AbsolutelyNot | 04/26/04
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come on.
Arrg | 04/26/04
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Well, if it continues, the RIAA has another
FilledOut | 04/26/04
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From what I read the purchase of music cd's
Saxonborg | 04/26/04
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