Apple Music音樂家收益分配確認 - iOS

新聞來源：
WSJ華爾街日報
http://goo.gl/Wrt6zD

標題：
Apple to Pay Common Royalty Rates for Music Service

內文：
Apple is known for driving a hard bargain, but, in the case of its forthcoming
music service, it’s not seeking a bigger cut of revenue than its rivals.

Apple said it will pay music rights owners about 71.5% of revenue in the U.S.
and about 73%, on average, for songs played abroad. That is largely in line wi
th the payments by other music streaming services.

The Apple Music terms, reported earlier by technology site Re/code and confirm
ed by an Apple spokesman, refutes a story that said Apple was offering to pay
only 58% of revenue to music rights owners.

Apple announced last week that it plans to offer a streaming music service for
$9.99 a month for individuals or $14.99 a month for families. Apple is offeri
ng a three-month free trial from June 30. During that period, Apple won’t pay
music owners anything for songs that are streamed.

The subscription service, which closely matches streaming music provider Spoti
fy’s model, is part of a suite of music offerings including a 24-hour-a-day r
adio station called Beats 1.

簡單翻譯一下重點「第二段」就是，
在美國地區的Apple Music收益有71.5%會給予音樂所有權人。
而全球其他地區則是平均落在73%。

因為之前有消息指蘋果只會給予音樂家58%的收益，所以發言人特別出來說明。

但是在前三個月的免費試用期間，蘋果不會給予音樂所有權者收益。

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看來這樣的收益分配比應該大多數音樂創作者都滿意吧！
加上Apple Music各地區的定價不同吸引蘋果用戶使用（臺灣價格真的令我超心動），然
後其平均音樂人收益若真的維持在73%，真的是在串流音樂市場投下震撼彈。

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