Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and often a more flexible approach. — Cary Sherman Copy Share Image
There will be no breakout. When we changed for the single, we never specified what the breakout for sales to streams were. — Cary Sherman Copy Share Image
We do not take into account the value of the stream. We see the number of streams as a measure of consumer demand, not the value. As it is, we think streams are under-monetized, and we are complaining loudly about that. If the value of a stream changes, we won't alter the count because we don't want to alter the… — Cary Sherman Copy Share
10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach to changing how we calculate… — Cary Sherman Copy Share
Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and… — Cary Sherman Copy Share Image
