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They also make %50 of any sales of your albums... :) -----Original Message----- :) From: Tom Ritchford [mailto:tom@swirly.com] :) Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 6:55 PM :) To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com :) Subject: Re: [ElectronicMusic] mp3.com :) :) :) >Now they're requiring that you pay them $20 monthly if you want to :) >get the money that your music earns on mp3.com. It's almost a form :) >of blackmail, really. :) :) [and various others] :) :) This and all these other objections are a bit harsh. :) :) mp3.com has NEVER made money as far as I know, and has given out :) quite a lot of royalties to musicians, admittedly mostly in :) dribs and drabs to a lot of titles, but still... :) :) I imagine that they are still not making money at $20 a month :) per paying musical group. This is merely a way to stem the :) bleeding while trying to come up with some sort of way to actually :) make money. :) :) $20 a month is enough that anyone could afford it. :) The "services" of a real label are going to cost :) you an awful lot more than that, in real tersm... :) :) Or, if I could pay a measly $20 a month and have :) people actually exposed to my music with even the :) possibility of royalties then I'd do it. :) :) (I haven't done it yet though... still debating :) what to put and etc...) :) :) :) Summary: since they have put a lot of money into :) independent artists' pockets and taken a loss on it, :) you can hardly accuse them of ripping us off. :) :) /t :) :) :) ...electronic a cappella madness <http://volectrix.com>......... :) ...extreme internet radio <http://extremeNY.com/radio>... :) :) :)