http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/ Switched Comments for Apple Threatens to Close iTunes Over Increased Royalty Rates http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/Oct 2nd 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/Oct 3rd 2008 1:39AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/Oct 2nd 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/ Dave - I agree! I have the same problem with Paint Shop Pro items that many of us create from so- called Copyrighted materials. It's baloney..we DON'T sell it! The MUSIC industry has taken it WAY too far! They can never get enough no matter HOW much they get..sort of reminds me of that band that went under because they refused to have their music sold on Napster (can't think of the group's name).. makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? WHO was the big loser there??? Wasn't Napster..Someone lost a TON of their fans! ]]>Oct 2nd 2008 11:57PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/http://www.switched.com/2008/10/02/apple-threatens-to-close-itunes-over-increased-royalty-rates/
Fees are paid to people who score raw all-vocal music so it can be used with instruments on-stage, but recordings can have listeners without any writing, scoring or stage performances.

Many companies seize new concepts and operate in a crisis-management mode as if the nation will be nuked if they are not busy stamping out new technology for the mass markets; in that way 'truth-in advertising' becomes a tangental thought rather than a real activity.

There is no reason to pay royalty fees to writers -- they have not created what they write out. ]]>Oct 6th 2008 11:33AM