On 6/22/15 11:45 AM, in article
2015062209454156141-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck
" wrote:

On 2015-06-22 16:31:40 +0000, nospam said:

In article ,
Sandman wrote:

they're paying a higher royalty rate than usual, which means the
artists are going to make more money long term, even if they
didn't get paid during the free trial.

it's the artists who are greedy bitches.

and now that apple is going to pay during the free trial, the
whining taylor swift still won't allow her album to be streamed.

now who is the scum?

PAS:
If you work and expect to get paid then you are a greedy b*tch
too.

Apple expected the artists to support their market expansion. They
were shocked into submission when the artists said "Fund your own
program!".

Haha, "Shocked into submission". They revealed the service three weeks ago.
Taylor Swift criticized them *yesterday*, today Apple changed the policy as
a
direct response.

This was, at best, and "Ooops, she's probably right" rather than a greedy
business being "shocked into submission" by an artist.

There's plenty of things Apple has done wrong, this is not one of them.

yes it is.

They
handled this as perfectly as they could.

that part is true.

apple figured that in exchange for a higher royalty (which everyone is
ignoring), apple would not pay during the free trial. that's what was
*negotiated* with the music industry, so if you want lay blame, you
have to blame *both* parties.

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/bus...-how-much-Appl
e-Music-is-going-to-pay-6341370.php

Thanks for that Duck.

The REAL "scum" are the record company executives, who, until about thirty
years ago, would not pay ANYTHING to the artists. This was especially true
with R&B artists.

With iTunes, around ten years ago, the price to buy a single song was
offered for the FIRST time under a buck. The record companies SCREAMED
bloody murder, because they were not getting a 'cut'. Apple sent royalties
to the artists and a new era was made in the "Music Bizzniss".

All this is about folks like RichA creaming over something they can use to
beat down Apple for not helping "the little guy", sheesh!!!