The Nashville Feed

This is interesting. All that money that YouTube, Napster and so on settled on with the labels hasn't made it too the artists yet.

"Artist managers and lawyers have been wondering for months when their artists will see money from the copyright settlements and how it will be accounted for," said lawyer John Branca, who has represented Korn, Don Henley, and The Rolling Stones, among others.

The labels

Record label sources said corporate bosses are still deciding on how best to split the money. In determining the payout, they said not every artist is owed money and it must be calculated with regard to the level of copyright infringement for each artist.

Read the full story here:

• Artists Say They Want Their Music Site Dough

[Update] Another story that focuses on YouTube. More information on this story at:

• Musicians still waiting on a YouTube payday - Cnet Blogs

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