http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3703 Creative destruction in the digital value chain | The Equity Kicker Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:09:56 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3703 [...] blogged this before with respect to music, but I have been struck again today by the thought that in the digital world many media industries [...] [...] blogged this before with respect to music, but I have been struck again today by the thought that in the digital world many media industries [...]

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3233 Meaghan Fitzgerald Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:13:22 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3233 Sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant the music industry holds the cards over the artists, not the buyers. The artists themselves have very little room to negotiate under the contracts they've signed and when deals are made they tend to favour the industry rather than the musicians. I actually read an interesting article this morning about a band thanking listeners for piracy as it actually meant they got more popular. Sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant the music industry holds the cards over the artists, not the buyers. The artists themselves have very little room to negotiate under the contracts they’ve signed and when deals are made they tend to favour the industry rather than the musicians. I actually read an interesting article this morning about a band thanking listeners for piracy as it actually meant they got more popular.

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-11490 Meaghan Fitzgerald Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-11490 Sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant the music industry holds the cards over the artists, not the buyers. The artists themselves have very little room to negotiate under the contracts they've signed and when deals are made they tend to favour the industry rather than the musicians. I actually read an interesting article this morning about a band thanking listeners for piracy as it actually meant they got more popular. Sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant the music industry holds the cards over the artists, not the buyers. The artists themselves have very little room to negotiate under the contracts they’ve signed and when deals are made they tend to favour the industry rather than the musicians. I actually read an interesting article this morning about a band thanking listeners for piracy as it actually meant they got more popular.

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3169 An analysis of why labels need to reduce their royalty demands | The Equity Kicker Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:55:57 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3169 [...] I wrote about the threat to Pandora’s business model from high royalty demands, so I was interested this morning to come across this analysis on [...] [...] I wrote about the threat to Pandora’s business model from high royalty demands, so I was interested this morning to come across this analysis on [...]

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3158 nic Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:57 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3158 Meaghan - artists obviously need to get paid, and I agree there has to be give and take on both sides. But I wouldn't agree that the music industry holds all the cards at the moment - if they did then 80-90% of digital music wouldn't be consumed illegally (or whatever the percentage is). Meaghan – artists obviously need to get paid, and I agree there has to be give and take on both sides. But I wouldn’t agree that the music industry holds all the cards at the moment – if they did then 80-90% of digital music wouldn’t be consumed illegally (or whatever the percentage is).

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-11492 nic Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-11492 Meaghan - artists obviously need to get paid, and I agree there has to be give and take on both sides. But I wouldn't agree that the music industry holds all the cards at the moment - if they did then 80-90% of digital music wouldn't be consumed illegally (or whatever the percentage is). Meaghan – artists obviously need to get paid, and I agree there has to be give and take on both sides. But I wouldn’t agree that the music industry holds all the cards at the moment – if they did then 80-90% of digital music wouldn’t be consumed illegally (or whatever the percentage is).

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3153 Meaghan Fitzgerald Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:06:22 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-3153 I completely agree - I think we'll have to look for some flexibility on both sides, though. Ideally, I could just listen to any song I want whenever I want to. But, for some strange reason, the people who created the music want to earn something out of how much I enjoy their work. Go figure. Well, it'll be an interesting debate but at the moment the music industry holds most of the cards and I hope that there is a resolution that allows music fans to share and enjoy new music while the industry isn't entirely undermined and, gosh, wouldn't it be great if the actual artists got a piece of all of this. I completely agree – I think we’ll have to look for some flexibility on both sides, though. Ideally, I could just listen to any song I want whenever I want to. But, for some strange reason, the people who created the music want to earn something out of how much I enjoy their work. Go figure. Well, it’ll be an interesting debate but at the moment the music industry holds most of the cards and I hope that there is a resolution that allows music fans to share and enjoy new music while the industry isn’t entirely undermined and, gosh, wouldn’t it be great if the actual artists got a piece of all of this.

]]> http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-11491 Meaghan Fitzgerald Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/08/21/pandora-business-model-undermined-by-high-royalty-demands/#comment-11491 I completely agree - I think we'll have to look for some flexibility on both sides, though. Ideally, I could just listen to any song I want whenever I want to. But, for some strange reason, the people who created the music want to earn something out of how much I enjoy their work. Go figure. Well, it'll be an interesting debate but at the moment the music industry holds most of the cards and I hope that there is a resolution that allows music fans to share and enjoy new music while the industry isn't entirely undermined and, gosh, wouldn't it be great if the actual artists got a piece of all of this. I completely agree – I think we’ll have to look for some flexibility on both sides, though. Ideally, I could just listen to any song I want whenever I want to. But, for some strange reason, the people who created the music want to earn something out of how much I enjoy their work. Go figure. Well, it’ll be an interesting debate but at the moment the music industry holds most of the cards and I hope that there is a resolution that allows music fans to share and enjoy new music while the industry isn’t entirely undermined and, gosh, wouldn’t it be great if the actual artists got a piece of all of this.

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