this has always been a fantasy for many producers/artists.
in an ideal world, it would be great WHP...but fact is not everyone will play by the rules.
the fact is places like soundclick have given artists the go to place for good quality beats for very low prices or even free!
they have these regulations within the supermarket and airlines businesses for example and allows everyone to have a healthy profit and at times companies have agreed to increase a fixed increase on good to exploit its customers.
the fact is this is the net, and nothing is regulated. there are so many avenues to sell beats and get the quick buck. the only way to stop it would be for the major sites to have a minimum price set, but then again there will be that one crafty producer who will undercut everyone and get the quick bucks.
shheit he can simply agrree to the union under his real production name, and then create a 2nd alias and start selling beats and get the quick buck.
the difference between producers and companies are start up costs. the fact is there are producers who cant compete with bedroom producers, who have a £200 laptop with a free cracked fl studio and these beat makers can sell cheap or for free!!! as they have no expenses to cover! so everything is a profit from the get go (minus the laptop cost).... however we have producers who have thousand $$$ of equipment and they need to recoup their costs...so they cant compete. think of it like the west trying to compete with 3rd world countries.... they cant compete in manufactruring costs!! impossible!
if an artist can get a dope ass beat for free...... why pay for 1?
thats the attitude of artists..... as for producers union.... well look at the United Nations..... they are set up to monitor everyone to play fair..... fact is not everyone is going to play fair and theres nothing this 'union' can do about it.
If i ruled the world........