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Am I then only one that noticed that they didn't say they would be paying the same during the free trial as after the free trial. They could be paying a flat $0.01 fee to each artist regardless of plays, and everything Apple has said would still apply.

I want to know "how much" they will be paying.

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"It can’t be at the same rate that Apple is paying them after free users become subscribers, since Apple is paying out a percentage of revenue once subscribers start paying. Instead, he says, Apple will pay rights holders on a per-stream basis, the amount of which he won’t disclose.” [1]

[1]: http://recode.net/2015/06/21/apple-says-it-will-pay-taylor-s...

Yeah, that's the rub. Their normal payout is a percentage of revenue, so if there is no revenue...

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