Kid Rock Explains His iTunes Absence
Kid Rock is refusing to put his albums on Apple's iTunes store in the US because he says artists do not get paid enough by the Internet retailer, BBC News reported.
Rock, one of the last major acts not fully signed up to the service, said iTunes is based on an old system where the retailer takes its money, the record company takes its money and they don't give a fair share to the artists. The Beatles, Garth Brooks and AC/DC are among the few major artists who have still not made their music available on iTunes,.
Despite his US boycott, Rock's new single, "All Summer Long," is available on iTunes in Europe, and will be downloadable in the UK soon. He told the BBC his music eventually will be available on iTunes in the US, because he can't avoid it--but for the time being, he will stick to his guns to prove a point he believes in. Rock told BBC reporters he was losing 10-20 percent of album sales by not being on iTunes, but he added, "I've just sold a million records; I'm not really feeling that blow."
The only Kid Rock album on iTunes--which recently topped Wal-Mart as the largest US music retailer--is his 1990 debut, "Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast," to which he does not own the rights.
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