Fantastic! What's next? How about paying software engineers during full day interviews?
More like a 90 day interview.
Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial
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#22Well, even given the variety of opinions in the discussion yesterday, I think most people will be happy here. Apple did the right thing, at the very least, for good PR purposes.
Right on. If we blame them for poor decisions, it's rather mean to then blow off the righting of that wrong. Kudos where they are due. Maybe it is for PR purposes, but at least the outcome is positive. Thanks, Apple.
Agreed, but I wouldn't go as far as to thank Apple. And of course it's for PR purposes. All large companies are sneaky.
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#23I don't understand why everybody is reporting this as "Taylor Swift". Shouldn't it be "Taylor Swift's Management" or "Taylor Swift's Lawyers". She obviously didn't plan this.
Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. It doesn't matter. Naming is correct, since it's a brand. Same like POTUS - President did this, president said that... when in reality his staff did and said and he ok'd.
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#24I don't understand why everybody is reporting this as "Taylor Swift". Shouldn't it be "Taylor Swift's Management" or "Taylor Swift's Lawyers". She obviously didn't plan this.
Maybe she did, maybe she didn't. It doesn't matter. Naming is correct, since it's a brand. Same like POTUS - President did this, president said that... when in reality his staff did and said and he ok'd.
Yeah ok. I agree. Taylor Swift is indeed a brand.
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#25Fantastic! What's next? How about paying software engineers during full day interviews?
How about asking? All I ever hear about is how it's never been more of a seller's market for software engineering talent.
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#26So, without making a judgement call on this actual decision. It amazes me that no one saw this type of reaction from artists (and the generally pro-artist consumer base) coming when the overall business plan was created. And that the concession was made so quickly...
Gee it's almost like it was a PR stunt.
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#27So, without making a judgement call on this actual decision. It amazes me that no one saw this type of reaction from artists (and the generally pro-artist consumer base) coming when the overall business plan was created. And that the concession was made so quickly...
Gee it's almost like it was a PR stunt.
That's what I meant to imply.
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#28Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed in this. The music industry has long been using bullying to get what they want, and this is no exception to that rule.
The sooner every traditional media company goes out of business, the better the situation will be for everyone -- listeners and artists.
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#29Is Apple paying the artists, or the record labels? And if the latter, how much money would actually end up in the artists pockets?
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#30What Apple should do is pay only the bottom 90% of artists and when someone downloads free music from one of the top grossing 10% of artists, the would-be revenue should be re-distributed to the bottom 90% during the users free trial. Taylor said herself that it wasn't about her, but about small artists trying to break through. I'd like to see her put her money where her mouth is, but hey, if it's all about money tha…
She implied it wasn't just about her. She deserves to be paid for her work too, and has done the other artists a big favour. edit: Why is so much focus on the celeb. anyway? Shouldn't we be focused on the fact Apple was willing to completely screw artists for 3 months?
I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of downloads are only from the top 10% of artists. I believe swift was sincere when she said that this isn't about multi-millionaires, but about unknown artists trying to make a living.
By redistributing her income (only for the users first three months of course) she and other artists could really help the ones who are struggling, but hey, if it's all about money that's okay too, but she should own up to it instead of pretending like shes looking out for smaller artists.