Artists generally don't make money off CD sales anyway, record labels do.
This is often repeated but I've never seen a link to the source. Are there statistics somewhere that show this is true?
This is often repeated but I've never seen a link to the source. Are there statistics somewhere that show this is true?
http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print....
Reznor profit: 1,000,000 * .80 = 800,000
RIAA profit: 1,000,000 * 18.98 = 18,980,000
4% profit. Fucking chump change to them; and not to mention that _they_ own your music, _not_ you.