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Mr Angry · 03-04-2010, 14:49

Given the fact that the industry standard for a manager is 20% of artist income it is quite evident that the pie chart image is distorted to suit a particular agenda.

Even if we were facile enough to take the splits as evidenced therein as serious then it becomes a self defeating argument. If, as it suggests, artists are receiving the notional splits the diagram suggests then, by definition, they are indeed the most affected by (illegal) free downloads.

On the matter of artists having to sell pirated copies of their own media to get by it comes as no surprise - given the fact that "pirates" have decimated the worth of legitimate releases.

I think you've rather tidily answered your own (badly formulated) counter argument.

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Mr Angry Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 4,785	re: Digital Economy Act 2010 [Was "DE Bill Not Passed, BiS Consulting Already"] Given the fact that the industry standard for a manager is 20% of artist income it is quite evident that the pie chart image is distorted to suit a particular agenda. Even if we were facile enough to take the splits as evidenced therein as serious then it becomes a self defeating argument. If, as it suggests, artists are receiving the notional splits the diagram suggests then, by definition, they are indeed the most affected by (illegal) free downloads. On the matter of artists having to sell pirated copies of their own media to get by it comes as no surprise - given the fact that "pirates" have decimated the worth of legitimate releases. I think you've rather tidily answered your own (badly formulated) counter argument.