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RIAA Wants to Cut Artist Royalties to 9%, Apple Wants Them at 4%, Artists Just Want to Eat

The RIAA always claims that its looking out for the livelihood of artists when it sues the hell out of alleged pirates, but in reality it's really fighting to keep record industry executives rich by defending an outdated and unsustainable business model. While before the PR team at least made an attempt to make it seem like artists were priority #1, they seem to have given up: the RIAA is now trying to cut down artist's royalties on digital downloads. More »

11:00 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
44,846 views, 110 comments

Latest by SneakerFiend: @pandasonic: Dont say that we might cause giz their endorsement lolx. But thats totally raping the artists out of their money. I think apple should give their artists more of the money that they make. Isn't a song on itunes like a more »