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that according to an article over at BILLBOARD, some top artists are still resisting the authorization of the dismantling of their albums for Internet consumption as a la carte singles:
and their representatives are expressing reservations about the creative and financial implications of shifting to a singles-based model. "The fear among artists is that the work of art they put together, the album, will become a thing of the past," says attorney Fred Goldring, whose firm represents Will Smith and Alanis Morissette. Artist representatives say a singles-oriented model means a significant hit to the bottom line. Instead of divvying the spoils of a $12-$18 CD sale, labels, artists and songwriters are vying for nickels and dimes from 99 cent downloads. For artists who write their own material, the impact is even more substantial: Rather than collecting songwriting royalties on as many as 14 tracks, plus an artist royalty on the album sale, payment is being parsed on a per-track basis. |
Some artists, like Linkin Park, have already pulled
their music as a singles offering from digital services, expressing
their concerns about undercutting album sales. Read the complete article
here.
Source: BILLBOARD
