Comments on: Apple’s 250 million in sales http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-9051 Reader's Write Fri, 28 Jan 2005 03:03:39 +0000 #comment-9051 Songwriter royalties are almost never paid from profits. Royalties are paid to songwriter according to the terms in whatever contract or license the songwriter signed. Usually the songwriter expects so many cents for each unit sold. I have never heard of a songwriter who licenses to get a share of the profits. If anyone did it he/she would risk getting gettig shortchanged since record company books are frequently cooked so that no one shares in the profits. Even so, songwriters are almost always shorchanged because unit sales are unauditable in the current scheme of things and record companies may cook the sales figures and if not the record producer, the music publishing in the middle. That is why so many performers get nothing from their recording and so many sonwriters get almost nothing. Cooked books. Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com Songwriter royalties are almost never paid from profits. Royalties are paid to songwriter according to the terms in whatever contract or license the songwriter signed. Usually the songwriter expects so many cents for each unit sold.

I have never heard of a songwriter who licenses to get a share of the profits. If anyone did it he/she would risk getting gettig shortchanged since record company books are frequently cooked so that no one shares in the profits. Even so, songwriters are almost always shorchanged because unit sales are unauditable in the current scheme of things and record companies may cook the sales figures and if not the record producer, the music publishing in the middle.

That is why so many performers get nothing from their recording and so many sonwriters get almost nothing. Cooked books.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-9049 Reader's Write Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:25:33 +0000 #comment-9049 Itunes makes no profit. More of an ipod marketing vehicle. Itunes makes no profit.
More of an ipod marketing vehicle.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-9002 Reader's Write Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:19:03 +0000 #comment-9002 250 million records should produce about 18 million dollars to songwriters. Surelty the songwriters and the performers are not getting their share of royalties since no one audits/trails of this money, as is usual in the dark room accounting of the music industry profiteers. And how does Apple get the royalty money to the songwriters in other countries? As an industry Insider I know there is no mechanism in place to do that. 250 million records should produce about 18 million dollars to songwriters.

Surelty the songwriters and the performers are not getting their share of royalties since no one audits/trails of this money, as is usual in the dark room accounting of the music industry profiteers.

And how does Apple get the royalty money to the songwriters in other countries? As an industry Insider I know there is no mechanism in place to do that.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-8981 Reader's Write Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:20:35 +0000 #comment-8981 too bad the mainstream press has no one this outspoken willing to tell it like it really is. too bad the mainstream press has no one this outspoken willing to tell it like it really is.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-8949 Reader's Write Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:58:15 +0000 #comment-8949 Like I've said a dozen times...a computer is a computer is a computer. An Apple can suck just as much as a PC. The operating systems suck even more, carrying around more baggage than my Aunt Harriet. Customer service is lovely until something goes wrong or you want to return something.....then suddenly you're in the middle of Death Valley and your computer is the now dead horse that got you there. Like I’ve said a dozen times…a computer is a computer is a computer. An Apple can suck just as much as a PC. The operating systems suck even more, carrying around more baggage than my Aunt Harriet.

Customer service is lovely until something goes wrong or you want to return something…..then suddenly you’re in the middle of Death Valley and your computer is the now dead horse that got you there.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-8932 Reader's Write Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:40:27 +0000 #comment-8932 yep, took 4 times and hours on the phone and threats to the BBB before I finally had my board replaced in my powerbook. Up until they issued a general recall on that particualr part (which is how I ended up getting it replaced, it apparently was my fault that the manufacturing process was flawed. ~MM yep, took 4 times and hours on the phone and threats to the BBB before I finally had my board replaced in my powerbook.

Up until they issued a general recall on that particualr part (which is how I ended up getting it replaced, it apparently was my fault that the manufacturing process was flawed.

~MM

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3649/comment-page-1#comment-8930 Reader's Write Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:37:03 +0000 #comment-8930 Apple is rotten to the core... as is evidenced by their recent behaviour on first amendment rights, role of RIAA sycophant, ant-competitive behaviour (drm bs), poor customer care (ipod bats, laptop replacements) etc etc etc Apple is rotten to the core…

as is evidenced by their recent behaviour on first amendment rights, role of RIAA sycophant, ant-competitive behaviour (drm bs), poor customer care (ipod bats, laptop replacements) etc etc etc

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