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Submitted by Nineball2112 833d ago | article

Are music games like DJ Hero playing fair?

Channel 4 report on DJ Hero claims that musicians earn just one US Cent from every game sold

Could the video games industry be exploiting musicians – left with little option than to sell their wares super-cheap due to pressures from piracy?

That's the question posed by a Channel 4 News report today, which reveals that a sale of a music game featuring a musician's track earns them just one tenth of what an equivalent music CD would generate.

The feature reveals that musicians earn "around one [US] cent for each [game] sold". (Dj Hero, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)

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