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Steam does something similar for indie publishers. Unless you reach $100 in sales, you will not receive a check.
As does YouTube, there are minimum levels of consumption required for any given channel to receive monetization, and ads are still displayed on this channel before the uploader receives any money.
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> Every Bandcamp Friday (when Bandcamp doesn't take a cut) I It's great that BC still does BC Fridays... but if fans only buy music from BC on BC Fridays, BC will lose all revenue and will fold or resort to shitty tactics. BC are one of the few "good" businesses in this space, and have reached an impressive scale. I'd hate to see them fold. I reckon it's worth buying some music on normal days as well as BC Fridays.
BC was acquired recently, so that may come sooner rather than later. It's not due to BC Friday, bur rather that selling MP3s piecemeal is a hard business. Artists sometimes also remove their albums from BC if they sign with a label that wants exclusive distribution rights.
I too fear the recent change of ownership will bring on changes in business model. But I live in hope that it wont, because it doesn’t need to.
Paying a nominal amount for each stream is one matter; however, compensating nothing for smaller quantities while you pay for larger amounts presents a fundamentally different issue. This scenario is akin to an author not receiving royalties for the first 1,000 books sold in a bookstore, or a manufacturer not being paid for the first 1,000 candy bars sold at a grocery store. Such practices can be equated with theft.…
My wife is a professor in a field where they regularly publish books. "Zero royalties for the first N copies sold" appears to be common in the academic publishing contract world. It's a mess.
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My wife is a professor in a field where they regularly publish books. "Zero royalties for the first N copies sold" appears to be common in the academic publishing contract world. It's a mess.
It's actually really pitty to hear. I think there are authors who contribute valuable research and knowledge to their fields and still not able to get royalties...