Comments on: Apple Hates Musicians http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/ 100% Pure Truth Juice Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:29:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dude http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Dude Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:34:52 +0000 http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/#comment-493 Apple fanboys are pathetic lowlife scum. They get sick of posting on their "we love apple" buttsex communities, so they decide to show up on Anti-Apple websites to correct grammar. Boy, I'm glad I'm not gay. Apple fanboys are pathetic lowlife scum. They get sick of posting on their “we love apple” buttsex communities, so they decide to show up on Anti-Apple websites to correct grammar.

Boy, I’m glad I’m not gay.

]]> By: admin http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-492 admin Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:24:26 +0000 http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/#comment-492 Will, you are a moron. Will, you are a moron.

]]> By: Will http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Will Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:51:37 +0000 http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/#comment-491 Brett beat me to it. Well played, Brett. BTW, it turns out AppleSucks hates research. I was able to verify my suspicions that this was DMA with a simple google search. How do you like them Apples? Brett beat me to it. Well played, Brett.

BTW, it turns out AppleSucks hates research. I was able to verify my suspicions that this was DMA with a simple google search. How do you like them Apples?

]]> By: Brett http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Brett Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:04:13 +0000 http://apple.cansuckmyballs.com/2008/02/05/apple-hates-musicians/#comment-443 There is nothing sinister about this, and it is not so simple as it may seem. The article is typical of distorted anti-Apple reporting (why are there so many haters?). The royalties in question are regarding steaming broadcasts (internet radio), NOT online music sales. And it is not Apple suggesting the 4% rate, but rather the Digital Music Association, a consortium of companies of which Apple is but one member. I doubt that Apple is driving any effort to screw musicians. Keep in mind that radio exposure is so valuable to an artist's record sales that record companies would illegally pay stations to get songs played on the air. Those "promotional costs" would then be deducted from the artists royalties. A profit of "only" 4% is still a better deal than having to pay for airplay. I'd like to see all the facts before jumping to the conclusion that Apple is "Eeeevill". After all, it was Apple's creation of a successful business model (the iTunes music store) that spurred online music sales. While there is still plenty of illegal file-sharing happening, thanks to Apple (and several years later, now Amazon), artists are seeing substantial profit from music downloads. There is nothing sinister about this, and it is not so simple as it may seem. The article is typical of distorted anti-Apple reporting (why are there so many haters?).

The royalties in question are regarding steaming broadcasts (internet radio), NOT online music sales. And it is not Apple suggesting the 4% rate, but rather the Digital Music Association, a consortium of companies of which Apple is but one member. I doubt that Apple is driving any effort to screw musicians.

Keep in mind that radio exposure is so valuable to an artist’s record sales that record companies would illegally pay stations to get songs played on the air. Those “promotional costs” would then be deducted from the artists royalties. A profit of “only” 4% is still a better deal than having to pay for airplay.

I’d like to see all the facts before jumping to the conclusion that Apple is “Eeeevill”. After all, it was Apple’s creation of a successful business model (the iTunes music store) that spurred online music sales. While there is still plenty of illegal file-sharing happening, thanks to Apple (and several years later, now Amazon), artists are seeing substantial profit from music downloads.

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