[mythtv-users] It's over, the RIAA is toast

[Ronald Frazier]

> Trent  did just that with Saul Williams' latest album and it went nowhere.

Thats not exactly being fair to what Trent did for the guy:

The following is from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inevitable_Rise_and_Liberation_of_NiggyTardust%21

"It was announced at Nin.com that, as of January 2, 2008, two months
since its release, 154,449 people had chosen to download NiggyTardust.
Of that number, 28,322 people chose to pay the asked price of $5 USD
($141'610 USD Total). In comparison, Saul's self-titled album has sold
30,000 copies since its release in 2004.[5]"

So, in 2 months the release made nearly $150K. On the other hand, the
other album thats been out for 3-4 years has made about $450K. With
the $150K, he can directly pay his costs and then keep the excess
money for himself. Once he's paid his upfront expenses, most of the
money leftover is for his. With the $450K, he's probably only seen a
tiny portion (if any) of it, and going forward the same will probably
be true (I presume you are familiar with the industry's dirty
accounting practices).


-- 
Ron