RIAA Accounting!
They break down how a band can sell 1 million albums and still owe the record company $500,000. I've read some stuff like this before, it's unbelievable.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/03264014993/riaa-accounting-how-to-sell-1-million-albums-still-owe-500000.shtml
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1216206/RIAA-Math-Sell-1-Million-Albums-Still-Owe-500k
This article is almost 3 years old, but it has an excellent description from the inside showing how screwed up the music industry is.
http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/03264014993/riaa-accounting-how-to-sell-1-million-albums-still-owe-500000.shtml
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1216206/RIAA-Math-Sell-1-Million-Albums-Still-Owe-500k
This article is almost 3 years old, but it has an excellent description from the inside showing how screwed up the music industry is.
http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html