[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Hmm. Evidently they took some fairly abysmal deals which is their own fault totally. It's all there in black and white, if they aren't selling enough to get by via the terms of the contract they signed that's their problem.

It seems this thread has gone back to the old defence that record companies are brutal subjugators of the artists so why not just download the stuff for free.

Be interested in the source of that image that was posted.

It is of course total nonsense - the less profit that record companies make the less willing they are to take a chance on more risky acts and the more likely they'll be to stick to reality TV output that is pretty much guaranteed to turn a profit. We see that effect every week in the album and singles charts.

Of course that doesn't fit in with the freetard agenda behind that image, does it?

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

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.

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 rater tidily answered your own (badly formulated) counter argument.

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The picture was a bit of fun hence the

Mr A knows i don't download music, I download TV eps watch them then delete them. Mainly Hd content that i cannot get on VM