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Although record labels already get paid a small royalty on licensing of songs for video games such as Guitar Hero, they are already clamoring for more money.  Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner music made Guitar Hero the success it is today.  Really! 

This is what Bonfman recently said on the subject:

“The amount being paid to the music industry, even though their games are entirely dependent on the content we own and control, is far too small,”  “There is what I would call a very paltry licensing fee per song. … I think the industry as a whole needs to take a very different look at this business and participate more fully and in a much more partnership way. And if that does not become the case, as far as Warner Music is concerned, we will not license to those games.”

What do you guys think?  Should the record labels get an increase in the earnings they are already receiving from video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band?  Speak about it in the Guitar Hero Forums.


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