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   "According to the rules of the recording industry, new songs must be packaged and sold as albums, and the same should be true in Saipan Music Store!"

  Paul Vidic moved out of the rules of the record industry. Generally, record companies like to release albums containing more than a dozen songs for singers because they make more money.

   Even top singers can’t guarantee that the first title is a high-quality product. They usually choose to put together a few songs that may be popular with a few other songs that are not particularly outstanding, and then form an album for sale.

   In this way, it is impossible for users to buy a single song alone. Even if they don’t like the other songs, they have to buy the entire album songs, which can be called buy one get ten free!

  Paul Vidic wants to bring this set of rules to the Saipan Music Store, and does not want to take it apart and sell the songs individually.

   "This is the Internet, not the record industry, the rules of the record industry, not the rules here!"

  Hobloo refused and disagreed with Vidic's request. If he did it like that, the one who was scolded would have to be the Saipan Music Store. It is estimated that it won't be long before all the users will have to run away.

Song Yang looked at Vidic, who was asking for a lot of money, and knew that he wanted to take the initiative, to control the pricing and distribution rights of digital music, etc., in the hands of Warner Records, and only regarded Saipan Music Store as a release. Channels, just like the record distributors and record retailers in the past.

   "President Vidic, I hope that here today, Saipan Music Store and Warner Records can start to cooperate, instead of continuing to argue!"

  Song Yang knocked on the table and told Paul Vidic to stop asking prices.

   "Saipan Music Store, you can pay Warner Records a license fee for the copyright library, but it cannot exceed $100 million!"

Song Yang couldn't allow Vidic to refuse and said that he knew Paul Vidic and hoped to use the licensing fee to block Youyou and tell Time Warner's board of directors, singers signed by Warner Records, the record industry, and fans that this In the negotiation, it was Warner Records that won, but no, Saipan Music Store paid Warner Records in order to get the record copyright library?

  You can certainly give Warner Records face, but if you expect to spend more money, then you won’t need to talk about it. If you can use $500 million to wrap up the copyright libraries of the five major record groups, it’s not too profitable!

   "However, the Saipan Music Store also has conditions. Within two years, the copyright library of Warner Records shall not be opened to third-party digital music platforms!"

It's not that easy to get money from Song Yang. With this licensing fee, within two years, Warner Music will not want to sell its copyright library to music platforms such as Yahoo Music, AOL Music, and Apple iTunes. .

   As for two years later, if within two years, with the exclusive music agency rights of several major record groups, the Saipan music store cannot become the overlord of the digital music industry, then it is better to close the store and go out of business, maybe it will pay less...

Paul Vidic hesitated for a moment. In fact, he also wanted to shop around, thinking about relying on Saipan Music Store to stabilize the situation of the record industry, and then sitting on the ground to raise prices to see which Internet music platform opened. If the price is high, they will cooperate with which music platform, and the record group will become the leader of the Internet music platform!

  But Song Yang obviously saw through his mind, and he can make a choice if he wants to, but it will take two years.

   Looking at Song Yang's expression, Paul Vidic understood that this point was not negotiable, and finally nodded.

The negotiation has become a condition, and at most it will be bullshit. Warner Records wants to get 70% of the revenue of a song, that is, for every song sold by Saipan Music Store, it has to give 70% to Warner. .

  Hobloo disagreed with this. He was still thinking about a 50/50 split. If Vidic was not going to slap the table and leave, he could really offer a 50/50 split.

   "At most 60% of the copyright fee will be distributed to Warner Records, and the Saipan Music Store also needs to bear the risks and expenses!" Hoblow said, not willing to give in.

Paul Vidic did not object anymore. He could also see that the split between six and four was already the bottom line of the Saipan Music Store. If it was suppressed, it would not go anywhere. At most, it would be two years later to renegotiate the division of the stolen goods. .

   "According to the sales volume of music phones and MP3s, it is impossible to share with Warner Records. Users who buy music phones and MP3s may not necessarily download music in the Saipan Music Store!"

  Paul Vidic wants to get a share of the sales of the machine. For every mobile phone or MP3 sold, he will give Warner Records a dollar.

   This amount of money doesn’t seem to be much, but the frogs are boiled in warm water, and now it’s only one dollar. Will they ask for two dollars in the future, or even give them to the record group according to the sales price of the mobile phone?

   When Qualcomm was cleaning up the mobile phone industry, it was also a frog in warm water. At the beginning, it was also a charity purpose. It supported various mobile phone brands, just to allow mobile phone manufacturers to use its chips.

   As a result, when Qualcomm's wings are hardened, the backhand will give the mobile phone manufacturer a big pocket, and ask to distribute the patent fee to Qualcomm according to the sales price of the mobile phone. The more expensive the mobile phone is, the higher the patent fee to Qualcomm!

   Song Yang didn't want to, let Alcatel's mobile phone also carry this kind of burden on his back, and cut off Paul Vidic's thoughts from the beginning.

   "Actually, cooperating with Saipan Music Store will not necessarily reduce the revenue of Warner Music!

   As long as there are mobile phones or MP3s, there will be users of Warner Music. In addition, the Saipan Music Store will also share the revenue from advertising, ringtones, and streaming music derived from songs to Warner Music in the future! "

   "Streaming music?!"

Another word that I have never heard before appeared in Paul Vidic's ears. Dealing with this group of people who play on the Internet is the most troublesome. They come up with all kinds of new names. Some of these things are old in new bottles. Wine, some are indeed new things, true and false, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.

   What Song Yang said was light, but Paul Vidic did not dare to despise it. Whatever came out of Song Yang's mouth, whether it was true or not, he did not dare to despise anything.

   "Streaming music, the future is very important?" Paul Vidic asked Song Yang with speculation.

  Song Yang smiled and didn't plan to explain too much to Paul Vidic, just let the pigs eat and drink well, and let the pigs understand the big truth, then the pigs are still willing to stretch their necks and be slaughtered.

Streaming media, to put it bluntly, is not just listening to songs, such as short video "background dubbing" popular all over the world, music in live broadcast rooms, game background music, cover songs by music lovers, etc., as long as these are used "Original song" videos, games, cover music, etc. are all part of streaming media, and as long as these things make money, including rewards, they must be distributed to the company that owns the "original song" copyright. share!

  How can the classic songs not disappear, they will only exist in another way, but the money that should be made, but a lot of money, will be earned back, maybe even more.

One thing Paul Vidic is right, record groups, singers, songwriters, and those in the entire record industry chain all need to make money, otherwise, who would want to stay in this business forever, Saipan Music It's impossible for the store to do everything. The US knife that should be distributed should be distributed.

   "So, directors of Bruno, manager of Hoblow, president of Ertien, companies like Scour, shouldn't they be lying on the garbage heap of history?"

   When he came out of the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park, Paul Vidic's face did not show any excitement, but became more and more solemn.

After meeting with Song Yang this time, Paul Vidic felt that he could not understand the music industry in the future. The Internet was too deep, and Paul Vidic felt that he could not grasp it. …

Now the record industry needs to worry about not only the direction of the music trend, but also the poaching between peers, the quarrel between record companies and singers, and more importantly, the Internet, a guy who has a foot in it, will bring the record industry to the forefront. Which ditch to go to, no one knows...

   After Paul Vidic left, Hobloh looked at the contract in his hand and couldn't help but smile.

Saipan Music Store exchanged $100 million for the entire copyright library of Warner Records. Although it was only authorized, not bought, it would have to re-authorize with Warner Records two years later, but these two years, All Warner Records songs, including the latest albums, will be open to Saipan Music Store!