(P) Diddy pays Sting $5k per day for the rest of his life

Mr. Blue Sky said

Agreed that i cannot relate.. BUT im just trying to make logical sense of it.. Like, i completely get why an actor would get paid $20 million to star in a film IF the film makes, let’s say $150 or $200 million at the box office.. it’s simple economics, and i always side w/millionaires vs Billionaires .. i just dont understand the economics of paying someone “$5k per day” (which is weird phraseology anyway) over 25 yrs after said song was a hit .

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because there was no other sample that would have made that song the hit it was, and made Diddy who he was today.

Without the original, there is no I'll be missing you.

Sold over 7mm albums, who knows how many singles, spent 11 weeks no 1 ( at the time a record ) and actually is the 22nd best selling song of all time in the UK ( and if you think of ALL the music that has come out of the UK, thats pretty remarkable )

So im sure both parties agreed to some mathematical formula to arrive at a figure- and Diddy doesnt seem to be bothered, nor does Sting.

Ask @bclemms about original content and theft. You create something no one else has, and it can be "taken" by another, used by another to increase their revenue, with absolutey no compensation to the original creator.