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Universal Music Group CEO calls iPod users thieves
Saturday, November 11, 2006 – 10:11 AM EST
“Microsoft [has] agreed to share revenue from Zune sales with record labels and artists. Forcing the issue was Universal Music Group, which at deadline is the only label named in the program. UMG refused to license its music to the Zune unless it could receive a percentage of each device sold, in addition to standard music licensing fees for downloads and subscriptions,” Jonathan Cohen and Brian Garrity report for Billboard.
“These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it,” UMG chairman/CEO Doug Morris says. “So it’s time to get paid for it.”
Cohen and Brian Garrity report, “Microsoft is working with all major and independent labels to establish similar revenue-sharing agreements. According to published reports, UMG is expected to receive more than $1 for each $250 device and sources at UMG have confirmed that half of all the proceeds from the device’s sales will be shared equally among all its artists.”
Aber ihr seit euch nicht zu Schade dafür den Geldsegen vom iTunes Store zu nehmen, liebe “Freunde der UMG”. Nun kommt auch noch Universal Music auf meine Boykott-Liste (nach Sony Music) – und ich bin da konsequent.
