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Here's my theory:
It's a database and logic problem in the accounting code. The completely missing album royalties are because there is not a unique identifier in the domain table for that album. So no income. The rest of the problems are because of hardcoded logic in the different accounting systems.
Quote:
"Why did 29 plays of a track on the late, lamented MusicMatch earn a total of 63 cents when 1,016 plays of the exact same track on MySpace earned only 23 cents?)"
Because the code that controls the input from the music sellers is totally assed up. The logic for each income stream is differently hardcoded as it comes in and it sucks.
I read the entire article and it sounds like they're ripping you off, but it is also likely that they have bad IT guys running the show or shows. Hard to prove it. Reply
It's a database and logic problem in the accounting code. The completely missing album royalties are because there is not a unique identifier in the domain table for that album. So no income. The rest of the problems are because of hardcoded logic in the different accounting systems.
Quote:
"Why did 29 plays of a track on the late, lamented MusicMatch earn a total of 63 cents when 1,016 plays of the exact same track on MySpace earned only 23 cents?)"
Because the code that controls the input from the music sellers is totally assed up. The logic for each income stream is differently hardcoded as it comes in and it sucks.
I read the entire article and it sounds like they're ripping you off, but it is also likely that they have bad IT guys running the show or shows. Hard to prove it. Reply
@PotteryBarnClearanceSale:
Why did 29 plays of a track on the late, lamented MusicMatch earn a total of 63 cents when 1,016 plays of the exact same track on MySpace earned only 23 cents?)"
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They could also provide different rates for each music service. It wouldn't be out of the question that a big one (MySpace) pays less than a smaller one (MusicMatch). Reply
Why did 29 plays of a track on the late, lamented MusicMatch earn a total of 63 cents when 1,016 plays of the exact same track on MySpace earned only 23 cents?)"
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They could also provide different rates for each music service. It wouldn't be out of the question that a big one (MySpace) pays less than a smaller one (MusicMatch). Reply
@PotteryBarnClearanceSale: I hate people who understate a problem by dropping a bunch of buzz words and ambiguous explainations.
"It's a database and logic problem in the accounting code." -- WTF is a "database and logic problem", oh wait, you've given the explaination after examining the data tables... "there is not a unique identifier in the domain table for that album". I'm sure thats it dude.
"Because the code that controls the input from the music sellers is totally assed up" -- This data, even if it did get into the database corrently, would be interpreted by many applications before making it's appearence on any reports. Any of these steps could be causing the problem.
Seriously? You should be slapped. (This article was awesome, and 'moved' me a bit, sorry about the anger) Reply
"It's a database and logic problem in the accounting code." -- WTF is a "database and logic problem", oh wait, you've given the explaination after examining the data tables... "there is not a unique identifier in the domain table for that album". I'm sure thats it dude.
"Because the code that controls the input from the music sellers is totally assed up" -- This data, even if it did get into the database corrently, would be interpreted by many applications before making it's appearence on any reports. Any of these steps could be causing the problem.
Seriously? You should be slapped. (This article was awesome, and 'moved' me a bit, sorry about the anger) Reply