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Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Post by zxcvcxz »

What 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 that's okay too, but she should own up to it instead of pretending like shes looking out for smaller artists.

Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

#12

Post by SchizoDuckie »

Musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and it's fixed the next day.

App developers and content producers get emailed 'we are taking more out of your cut' or 'if you don't want us to show ads near your content, reply to this email with "opt out"'

Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Post by philjackson »

zxcvcxz wrote: post #11

What 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?

Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Post by [deleted] »

SchizoDuckie wrote: post #12

Musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and it's fixed the next day. App developers and content producers get emailed 'we are taking more out of your cut' or 'if you don't want us to show ads near your content, reply to this email with "opt out"'

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Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

#15

Post by kincardine »

SchizoDuckie wrote: post #12

Musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and it's fixed the next day. App developers and content producers get emailed 'we are taking more out of your cut' or 'if you don't want us to show ads near your content, reply to this email with "opt out"'

It's not that musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and get it fixed the next day, it's that unicorn musicians can - like Taylor Swift.

Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Post by [deleted] »

SchizoDuckie wrote: post #12

Musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and it's fixed the next day. App developers and content producers get emailed 'we are taking more out of your cut' or 'if you don't want us to show ads near your content, reply to this email with "opt out"'

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Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

#17

Post by mseebach »

tostitos1979 wrote: post #2

Fantastic! What's next? How about paying software engineers during full day interviews?

Yes, let's make sure the bar to get someone onsite is even higher, so employers have to rely even more on the signal they collected before ever having met the candidate in person.

Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Post by heydenberk »

SchizoDuckie wrote: post #12

Musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and it's fixed the next day. App developers and content producers get emailed 'we are taking more out of your cut' or 'if you don't want us to show ads near your content, reply to this email with "opt out"'

A lot more people love Taylor Swift than love you, me or anyone at Rovio. In terms of PR, it's a straightforward decision.

Re: Apple Says “We Hear You Taylor Swift”, Will Pay Musicians During Free Trial

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Post by skwirl »

SchizoDuckie wrote: post #12

Musicians can complain when they want a bigger cut and it's fixed the next day. App developers and content producers get emailed 'we are taking more out of your cut' or 'if you don't want us to show ads near your content, reply to this email with "opt out"'

App developers are building apps on top of Apple's mobile operating system. They cannot exist without Apple. Apple has nothing to do with the music being created.
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