Retail Price
These arguments about royalty payments ultimately come down to "what the market will bear prices".
We already know that the distribution of music has radically changed, and there is no more artificial scarcity, fans are not as willing to shell out big money for hit records anymore, so the whole music industry has to change.
Huge multinationals whinging about falling revenues (while banking massive profits) don't help much either.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
