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1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Dec-2018 12:24:28 EST Annah
   "emsenn    @emsenn    2h
   I used to run a music label and here's some numbers from 2012 to 2016:Within my county, pay for 1h of live music dropped from ~$30/h to ~$6/h.Average pay per streamed song dropped $0.03 cents to $0.007Cost to belong to proper songwriting and such unions went up from $160/yr to $780/yr---Note that over this period, online piracy plummeted and subscriptions to streaming services rose dramatically.Don't assume not pirating has improved things for musicians."
   
   
   Unions in almost all real-world situations I've seen are corrupt as hell and don't actually benefit the worker.  They become their own business providing a "service" for a fee.  Where the "service" is you can practice your trade without them harassing you via the courts.
   1. Daniel Taylor (randomdamage@mastodon.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Dec-2018 13:34:20 EST Daniel Taylor

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      @maiyannah Trade Unions are why an electrician makes at least as much as a computer programmer of similar experience, and more than sysadmins.

      The music business has so many distortions from government interference and near-zero distribution costs that it only makes sense that their unions would be just as distorted.