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Conventional labels needs the revenue of record sales. So if the artist gives away the music for free they might ruin sales. The label would still pay for promo
by aw3c2 14y ago
Conventional labels needs the revenue of record sales. So if the artist gives away the music for free they might ruin sales. The label would still pay for promotion etc so it would probably be a loss. Touring money is usually more going into the artists' pockets, so that would not do the label much good.
- mindslight 14y agoYou're purposely missing the point - Artists have been giving away their recorded music for free ever since Hollywood accounting was invented. Much as how labels didn't care about properly compensating artists, artists don't care if the labels make bad investments by relying on projected figures that no longer correspond to reality.