Re: Not pirates - just because you don't carry along a CD player anymore...
I *did* inform myself about how it works in Italy. Money are distributed taking into account traditional sales/broadcasting for the most part, and digital sales count only for 5%.
Of course, with such a system, the big names with a big presence in traditional channels get the largest percentage of the total sum, and the "small" artists only the breadcrumbs - regardless of what content is really "copied".
Frankly, I don't care about what artists think - if you can't live out of your "art", or you'0re just greed, well, you can't ask money to me, and force me to pay you.
Moreover, we are not talkin about artists only, because a lot of money also go to media companies.
http://www.dday.it/redazione/13799/equo-compenso-per-copia-privata-ecco-dove-vanno-a-finire-tutti-i-soldi (sorry, not available in English, while the italian agency which collects that money, SIAE, is known for its opacity).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
