http://www.donewaiting.com/2007/04/26/tomfoolery-and-ascappery/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.donewaiting.com/2007/04/26/tomfoolery-and-ascappery/#comment-210 tankboy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:57:49 +0000 http://donewaiting.com/blog/2007/04/26/tomfoolery-and-ascappery/#comment-210 It doesn't aid the artists if it pushes the cost of that download further upwards. $0.99 already seems to be the limit people are willing to pay, and further royalty requirements would certainly NOT influence digital distributors or labels to take less of a cut so ASCAP can collect more. It doesn’t aid the artists if it pushes the cost of that download further upwards. $0.99 already seems to be the limit people are willing to pay, and further royalty requirements would certainly NOT influence digital distributors or labels to take less of a cut so ASCAP can collect more.

]]> http://www.donewaiting.com/2007/04/26/tomfoolery-and-ascappery/#comment-209 SweetiePie Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:55:55 +0000 http://donewaiting.com/blog/2007/04/26/tomfoolery-and-ascappery/#comment-209 Wouldn't collecting additional money from digital download "performances" benefit artists, since ASCAP's job is to collect royalties on behalf of the artist? How does this hurt the musician? They are still able to post MP3s anywhere they see fit, they just may possibly be paid for some of the downloads. Wouldn’t collecting additional money from digital download “performances” benefit artists, since ASCAP’s job is to collect royalties on behalf of the artist? How does this hurt the musician? They are still able to post MP3s anywhere they see fit, they just may possibly be paid for some of the downloads.

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