[p2p-research] How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?

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Online? via Information Is Beautiful by david on 4/13/10

Recently, the UK government passed The Digital Economy Act which
included many, perhaps draconian, measures to combat online music
piracy (including withdrawing broadband access for persistent pirates).

Much was proclaimed about how these new laws would protect musicians
and artists revenue and livelihoods.

But how much money do musicians really get paid in this new digital
marketplace?



This image is based on an excellent post at The Cynical Musician called
The Paradise That Should Have Been about pitiful digital royalties.
(Thanks to Neilon for pointing that out). I’ve taken his calculations
and added a few more.

As ever, this was incredibly difficult to research. Industry figures
are hard to get hold of. Some are even secret. Last.Fm’s royalty and
payment system is beyond comprehension. (If you can explain it to me,
please get in touch)

Note: these figures do not include publishing royalties (paid to
composers of songs). The full spreadsheet of data does though. You can
see all the numbers and sources here:http://bit.ly/DigitalRoyalty

If you have any experiences, data or royalty statements to share,
please post below!

sources: TheCynicalMusician.com, Digital Audio Insider, Basca.org.uk,
PRSformusic.com, MusicAlly.com
data: Digital Royalties
research: David McCandless, Toby Slater, James Key
design: David McCandless

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