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When you buy a remixed song, do the profits go to the original artist or the remixer?

If you buy song from iTunes or similar retailers, who does the money go to? Or is it a 50/50 split or something like that?

Not sure if anyone knows, but I thought I'd give it a shot.

Thanks in advance; I'll pick a best answer.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The remixer, of course. He/she creates a whole new song, using the old one. The only money that goes to the original artist is the amount that the remixer paid for the song before he/she remix it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Royalties are an ongoing, not a single payment deal. When someone sings another songwriter's song, then they both are getting royalties.

    Elvis never wrote a single song, but he got plenty of royalties.

    Part of the reason that radio stations keep track of the songs that they play is that they are contractually obligated to pay a royalty for the broadcast. Same deal with ipod.

  • 5 years ago

    People on itunes usually only buy a song or a couple off an album so the customer pays less than if he or she were to buy the album from best buy so the artist does make less money usually

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    As the person above said, the money will go to the remixer, as they have already paid the creator to remix their song (royalties).

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  • 1 decade ago

    Hopefully both the original artist and the re-mixer who (hopefully) did it justice do. I am not sure. Did you receive my response to your previous question: re Logic?

    To summarize, if you didn't, why r u taking logic? Do you plan to become a computer programmer, or enter the field of robotics? That was too complex a course of study for me. How do you plan to apply what you learn in that class?

    Also, are you a Sophist, Greek in your roots? My e-mail address is wnappi2000@yahoo.com

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