David McGown wrote:
Steve,
The reason she re-released those albums were because she did not own the rights to them and had limited control over the artistic quality, reuse and distribution. Every artist should have the creative say over their art, and have the right to decide whether it is suitable for release, to profit off the royalties, and to license and approve the use of their art. This is called copyright. If she is making a bundle of money, then good for her and her good business sense.
It is no different than someone having a great and marketable idea, patent it, and then build a successful business producing or licensing the product, making a ton of money in the process. We idolize those people as brilliant entrepreneurs and business people.
David
I agree. The music industry are vultures. Own your masters.
On the flip side, I have heard about certain artists going to Europe, release an album, get paid up front, and then they don't care after that (so to speak).
However, musicians don't make money off of sales. They money off of touring. And, she makes enough money on touring. Most artists tour on buses or vans, not on private jets. They also don't own multiple mansions like she does.
The cost of everything is going up, so I can't feel bad about super rich celebrities losing money.
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