Here we go again
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In an endless game of lobbyists’ Whac-A-Mole, it’s a new year and here is
new legislation trying to save the news. Except it’s not new. First, from
Orego...
4 weeks ago
an independent forum, outside of CDBaby's own "walled garden," for friends and foes of one of the world's largest online retailers of DIY CDs
wait, i'm confused. so is it 25% for digital downloads from CDBaby and 9% for tracks sold through vendors like CDBaby? or are they gonna take 25% from CDBaby digital downloads AND distribution?
ReplyDeletethanks!
The way I understand it, 25% is downloads from CDBaby & it's still 9% of revenues from iTunes & others.
ReplyDeleteThe comment just above mine is accurate, to the best of my understanding. I tried to update my post to reflect that without going into a tangent about their various rates, which wasn't really the point.
ReplyDeleteThanks for including my writing in this dialog. As I said in my post, I don't think CDBaby necessarily has an bad intent, but I think they've transformed from "good guy" to "necessary evil" - just like most of the other players in music distribution.