©Spotify launches in U.S.

Sunday, July 17, 2011
Roaring Sun Productions: © SPOTIFY 
© SPOTIFY U.S. Launch
Swedish music streaming service "SPOTIFY" arrived in the U.S. on Thursday July, 14, 2011. In my opinion one more way to rip-off Musicians. According to a report on http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/,
a $0.99 ©Amazon iTunes download nets the artist $0.09, record label gets $0.53. An ©iTunes $9.99 album download=$0.94 to the artist, $5.35 to the label. ©Rhapsody= $0.0022 to the Artist with $0.0091 to the Label.
©Spotify figures: the worst yet: Artist=$0.0016, Label=$0.00029. At http://paidcontent.org/ the news was that
Lady Gaga, with 1 million streams on Spotify only netted $167! As a future Talent Agent/Manager I will not consider managing a musician or a band unfortunately. With these types of figures, my salary would be practically non-existent if my Artist and I had to rely solely on these for income. With the rocketing cost of live Touring, I really feel for Musicians. As a matter of fact just recently I spoke with a young Musician about this issue and she as well was concerned for her future. Although Spotify claims their company has lowered Piracy figures in Europe, people will still share their playlists with others for free. Free music is still available through online radio. Spotify's claim to fame is that they stream non-buffered offline. Even so, it is easy to record your own playlists from radio, youtube, etc.= Piracy. In the U.K. the Digital Economy Act Law was passed on April 8, 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/08/digital-economy-bill-passes-third-reading This law basically is "Big Brother" suppressing the internet. They now have the authority to investigate a citizens use of the Internet, determine if they are infringing on copyrights, then
 impose fines according to the deed done. They also have the authority to deny any further access to the internet to the registered IP address.
My future as a Talent Agent/Manager will be a challenging one as Technology and Laws regarding Artists change with the times.