Does Apple iTunes Pay artists when they're downloaded?

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I looked through every link I could find. While I easily found links to
sign up to be considered or to be an affiliate advertiser, I never
found a link that mentioned anything to do with getting paid for the
music that would be downloaded.

Q#1: Does apple actually pay out from the money they earn off of the
music I might submit?

Q#2: If they do, how do they go about it?



Thanks

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Nate Najar wrote:

> my music is on itunes through a distributor. I couldn't tell you
> offhand what I get per song, but itunes pays the distributor and the
> dist. pays me so yes artists get paid.

Why do you use a distributor for iTunes? iTunes allows you to go
direct, and iTunes media management often prefers it over dealing with a
middle man. Just curious.