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Pornwolf · 04-11-2008, 06:31 PM

Sorry to say, Rick is going to make fuck all from the streaming of the song on Youtube or anywhere else.

Youtube doesn't pay any real money for streaming music. Pennies, and no, they don't add up to anything. I've seen the royalty checks, they suck ass. Streaming doesn't pay.

If they ran ads on the rickroll vids they might make some money from the millions of views, but they don't.

Plus, Rick doesn't own the publishing so he'll receive none of the few pennies in publishing royalties from this.

But, on the positive side, Rick will do a lot more 80's shows for somewhere around $5k to $20k a pop. Definitely not millions, but it's a nice resurgence of his career since he wasn't doing that last Year. He will make a comortable 6 figure lump of cash for many years to come thanks to the RickRoll.

04-11-2008, 06:31 PM
Pornwolf Drunk and Unruly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 22,712	Sorry to say, Rick is going to make fuck all from the streaming of the song on Youtube or anywhere else. Youtube doesn't pay any real money for streaming music. Pennies, and no, they don't add up to anything. I've seen the royalty checks, they suck ass. Streaming doesn't pay. If they ran ads on the rickroll vids they might make some money from the millions of views, but they don't. Plus, Rick doesn't own the publishing so he'll receive none of the few pennies in publishing royalties from this. But, on the positive side, Rick will do a lot more 80's shows for somewhere around $5k to $20k a pop. Definitely not millions, but it's a nice resurgence of his career since he wasn't doing that last Year. He will make a comortable 6 figure lump of cash for many years to come thanks to the RickRoll. __________________ I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade... Webair, bitches.