Apple Gets Its Wish: Music Download Royalty Rates Remain Unchanged

Iria · Oct 3, 2008, 01:24 AM

I wrote earlier that the the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) was expected to rule Thursday on possibly raising the royalty rate for downloaded tracks of music from 9 cents to 15 cents (66%). Quite naturally Apple was against this, and stated (or rather, blustered) it might go so far as close the iTunes Store should the rate increase. Well, Apple got its wish: the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled rates would be unchanged.
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Source: Tech-Ex

Customgamer1 · Oct 3, 2008, 02:20 AM

Thank god.

It would suck to have to pay over 99 cents a song. Because it would of course make the end user pay the difference.

And it would effect all the download services so I hope this does not come up again!!!

Lucky for me I don't pay $1 a song on Itunes or any of those because you get such a low quality for being so expensive...

Matth · Oct 3, 2008, 04:15 PM

By 'eck, so the royalty is 9 cents, and there is no stock, no manufacturing (ok, server maintainence and so on), but surely, there must be a way to pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap at prices not much higher than allofmp3.

The other thing, is that 9 cents a track royalty the same for current hits and old material, maybe the rate should have gone up for top 40, and down for the rest?

24 cents a ringtone, the only thing more painful is the failure to clamp down on the ringtone subscription sharks. The business practices in the ringtone industry stink to hell.

Oct 3, 2008, 01:24 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Apple Gets Its Wish: Music Download Royalty Rates Remain Unchanged I wrote earlier that the the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) was expected to rule Thursday on possibly raising the royalty rate for downloaded tracks of music from 9 cents to 15 cents (66%). Quite naturally Apple was against this, and stated (or rather, blustered) it might go so far as close the iTunes Store should the rate increase. Well, Apple got its wish: the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled rates would be unchanged. ___________ Source: Tech-Ex

Oct 3, 2008, 02:20 AM	#2
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Thank god. It would suck to have to pay over 99 cents a song. Because it would of course make the end user pay the difference. And it would effect all the download services so I hope this does not come up again!!! Lucky for me I don't pay $1 a song on Itunes or any of those because you get such a low quality for being so expensive... __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Oct 3, 2008, 04:15 PM	#3
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,410 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	By 'eck, so the royalty is 9 cents, and there is no stock, no manufacturing (ok, server maintainence and so on), but surely, there must be a way to pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap at prices not much higher than allofmp3. The other thing, is that 9 cents a track royalty the same for current hits and old material, maybe the rate should have gone up for top 40, and down for the rest? 24 cents a ringtone, the only thing more painful is the failure to clamp down on the ringtone subscription sharks. The business practices in the ringtone industry stink to hell. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread