Quiz: how much money has Stairway to Heaven made in royalty payments?

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It does not make it "pointless". I don't know why you can't understand this from the perspective of the composer or artist but whether it's .0004 cents per play or .0002 cents per play, the creators are not earning a fair value.

If One Million people purchased a song at .99 cents, the Artist would receive 14 cents for the download (Mechanical Sale) and 6.83 cents from their Co-Publishing Share.

That's a total of 20.83 cents per purchase. Conversely, it's .0002 to .0004 per stream.

Please explain how that's even remotely fair or the same.

How long do I own the song after I purchase it? How many times will I listen to the song if it's one of my favorites?

I don't use Spotify, so perhaps it is just like owning a song. If so, then I can get not being happy about it. Pandora, which I use nearly exclusively for streaming, plays a pretty wide range of tunes and is much more like radio, but much better as I actually get to listen to new artists and create new stations based on those artists which helps me find other new artists. Then those artists that I like best get additional sales (because I actually go buy their CD) they never would have because I would never have heard of them without streaming.

Also, you still haven't answered the question, which is how much is earned for each radio play. Even if it's only to the songwriter, they get paid something. Even if artists were paid for terrestrial radio like they are internet radio, the per person listening amount wouldn't be much different than streaming. Which is my whole point, and you as usual are completely avoiding addressing because it doesn't match up with your view.