If Numan had gotten £37,000 for a million streams (30 seconds or more), that'd be 3.7 pence per listen. Hardly an unreasonable ask.
"Tony Harlow, chief executive of Warner Music UK, cautioned against disrupting the system. 'This is an evolving situation,' he said. 'It is being well-governed by a market that is efficient and nimble and it doesn't need any change.' "
Ooo ... now there's a surprise.
If musicians would get together, create their own streaming service, they could pay a very good wage to people to run it, quit the system, never feed the fat, fat whales again, and certainly pocket 1p a listen.
"Tony Harlow, chief executive of Warner Music UK, cautioned against disrupting the system. 'This is an evolving situation,' he said. 'It is being well-governed by a market that is efficient and nimble and it doesn't need any change.' "
Ooo ... now there's a surprise.
If musicians would get together, create their own streaming service, they could pay a very good wage to people to run it, quit the system, never feed the fat, fat whales again, and certainly pocket 1p a listen.