http://blog.hecker.org/2007/05/12/sympathy-for-the-labels-part-2/ Trying to unite civility and truth in a few long blog posts Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.hecker.org/2007/05/12/sympathy-for-the-labels-part-2/#comment-1146 Swindleeeee!!!!! › How labels could optimize eMusic vs. non-eMusic sales Sun, 13 May 2007 15:38:56 +0000 http://swindleeeee.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/sympathy-for-the-labels-part-2/#comment-1146 [...] In part 2 of my series “Sympathy for the labels” (see also part 1) I discussed the concern of labels that selling through eMusic lowers overall profitability by diverting sales away from the iTunes Store and other higher-priced outlets. Note that I’m referring here to labels that are realizing at least some profit from eMusic sales. As I wrote in part 2, labels that are losing money on every track sold through eMusic, e.g., due to fixed per-track mechanical royalties, should not be selling through eMusic, period. However even if a label’s eMusic-related sales are profitable, the label might still have a legitimate concern about whether those sales are supplementing sales through other services, or displacing them. [...] [...] In part 2 of my series “Sympathy for the labels” (see also part 1) I discussed the concern of labels that selling through eMusic lowers overall profitability by diverting sales away from the iTunes Store and other higher-priced outlets. Note that I’m referring here to labels that are realizing at least some profit from eMusic sales. As I wrote in part 2, labels that are losing money on every track sold through eMusic, e.g., due to fixed per-track mechanical royalties, should not be selling through eMusic, period. However even if a label’s eMusic-related sales are profitable, the label might still have a legitimate concern about whether those sales are supplementing sales through other services, or displacing them. [...]

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