I think we have seen this post before - if not then one with a similar complaint. The key issue is that $16.89 is way more than the royalty for a single "play"

I think we have seen this post before - if not then one with a similar complaint. The key issue is that $16.89 is way more than the royalty for a single "play" on a radio station - where there may have been more than 1 million listeners. If I buy the complainant's CD - I pay (by indirect means) a royalty - but I can play that CD a great many times. Strikes me that the new channels for music pay better rates than any of the traditional models.