Comments on: Is Last.fm the Profit Mechanism DIY Musicians are Looking for?

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By: Gavroche

Gavroche — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:00:25 +0000

Fred — thanks for the clarification. It doesn’t seem like there’s much money flowing from last.fm, and at least the unsigned artists are getting roughly the same rates as artists on the majors. Clearly, the rate is not revolutionary, and we shouldn’t applaud anybody who sticks to the mild profit sharing we are used to between artists and those that make money of their music.

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:04:43 +0000

“as Last.fm already pays royalties to signed acts via SoundExchange.”

This is largely untrue. Last-fm has struck direct dieals with the major labels which allow them to bypass SoundExchange. Those license fees go direct to the labels.

You figure out how much of that money the artists see. It will be about as much as the “unsigned” artists see from this new gambit.