Warner Music wants more money for licensed songs
In Category: Video Game News Archive on August 7, 2008 at 11:00 am
Filed under: Culture, Business Developers vying for a slice of the rhythm game pie may soon find the cost to dig in to be increasing -- at least if they want players to nod along with music they know. According to Reuters, Warner Music's top exec Edgar Bronfman has come forward, stating that game companies should pay more to the music industry in order to include licensed tunes in their music-based games.Says Bronfman, who compared the relationship to the likes of MTV or Apple's iPod, The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent
Original Link From Joystiq (or you can use regular link here)
Filed under: Culture, Business Developers vying for a slice of the rhythm game pie may soon find the cost to dig in to be increasing -- at least if they want players to nod along with music they know. According to Reuters, Warner Music's top exec Edgar Bronfman has come forward, stating that game companies should pay more to the music industry in order to include licensed tunes in their music-based games.Says Bronfman, who compared the relationship to the likes of MTV or Apple's iPod, The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent
Original Link From Joystiq (or you can use regular link here)
