Date/Time 28 Dec 2014 1:54:39am
"The actors, film editors, indie documentary makers, musicians and record producers."
Sorry to tell you, but the actors, film editors and musicians (atleast those signed to record companies) are payed in advanced.
The money they receive after the production and release is called royalties. They receive a very small amount from every sale, after the profit from the store that sold it, the record/production company takes their share, their agents cut, they often receive less than a cent from every dollar of the product sold.
And film editors only get the initial payment. They do their job and they're done.
Generally, the people who are "losing" money are the major companies. Their profit rating is massive, and they're simply not satisfied with the amount they make. The claims that they're "losing" money are false. In most cases they're making money, and the people who download the music to excess would never pay for it anyway. People who would pay for the music generally do even if they download something.
