>Artists getting a 10-20% slice[1], the typical revenue-split, sounds like a rip-off to me. SoundExchange normally pays something like 50% to the copyright hol

>Artists getting a 10-20% slice[1], the typical revenue-split, sounds like a rip-off to me. SoundExchange normally pays something like 50% to the copyright holder, 45% to the 'featured artist' and 5% to session musicians and the like for performance royalties (which is what it pays out for). [1] SoundExchange is the organization set up to distribute royalties when performance royalties were brought to the US. They only are paid, and thus pay out for, digital music streaming, including cable TV, streaming radio like Pandora (when using the statutory license), and satellite radio. In the case of an indie group that also owned the copyright, at least 95% of the royalties would flow to the members of the group itself. I should note that there are other organizations like SoundExchange worldwide. PPL [2] is the British equivalent. There are also other organizations that deal with different rights, e.g. rights to the sheet music. The laws regarding each will vary considerably. [1] http://www.soundexchange.com/artist-copyright-owner/digital-royalties/ http://www.soundexchange.com/artist-copyright-owner/digital-... [2] http://www.ppluk.com/ http://www.ppluk.com/