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Never thought I'd have reason to say this, but I'm siding with Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit on this one!

"Three decades after it rose to prominence, the band and its founder, Fred Durst, alleges that Universal Music Group (UMG) owes more than $200m after fraudulently concealing royalties from the band."

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/13/limp-bizkit-universal-music-group-lawsuit?CMP=aus_bsky

#music #metal #rock #capitalism #FredDurst #LimpBizkit @music

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[-] ajsadauskas@social.vivaldi.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@pomCountyIrregs @music Great explanation ☺️

And from the sounds of it, UMG has now just allegedly turned around and said: 'Whoopsies! Software bug! Trevor from IT forgot to install that last floppy disk!

'Sorry guys, we hadn't been tallying your YouTube/Spotify/whatever streams these past 20-odd years! Genuine mistake!'

[-] pomCountyIrregs@mstdn.social 2 points 1 month ago

@ajsadauskas @music

One wonders at a software bug that affects one band owed nine figures from decades ago.

[-] ajsadauskas@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 month ago

@pomCountyIrregs @music "Accidentally".

Just out of curiousity, has PCI ever been signed to a record label?

Do you see much in the way of royalties from the likes of Spotify or YouTube?

And do artists get much of a cut through Bandcamp?

[-] pomCountyIrregs@mstdn.social 1 points 1 month ago

@ajsadauskas @music

I think Bandcamp and Apple are fair for cuts of sales.

Spotify (ptui) won’t pay us–too few streams.

We’re less than obscure. We sell under 10 units, mostly from Bandcamp, and we get about three streams per day over our library. We’d need 3 per day per track for us to earn something under $3 from Spotify (ptui).

In our best year, about $10 from streamers.

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