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Making a living as an artist has never been easy -- whether in film music or publishing -- especially now that the digital revolution has transformed the business of content creation. One of the biggest shifts is in how filmmakers musicians and writers are compensated. The trend is toward greater risk sharing with artists’ marketers and publishers and toward pay being based to a greater degree on how the product sells in the marketplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.