Sentence examples for reduced royalties from inspiring English sources

Ten years later, despite higher oil prices and declarations from President George W. Bush that more incentives were not needed, a Republican-led Congress reduced royalties yet again.

However, it was the NDP government that introduced policy changes, including reduced royalties, that encouraged renewed investment in the resource sector.

Clear Channel was a supporter last year of the Internet Radio Fairness Act, a bill that would have reduced royalties for online radio; it died in committee after loud opposition from the music industry.

On the commodities side, Mongolia revised its Minerals Law, which reduced royalties by half to 2.5%.

The result has been a steep decline in overall recording revenue, as well as new licensing arrangements that sharply reduced royalties for songwriters.

So Tuesday's news, while rough, shouldn't shock anyone: Brewster's firm warned that fiscal first-quarter sales will likely drop 24% from the year-earlier period, citing fewer company stores as well as diminished sales to franchisees, and reduced royalties and fees from franchisees.

In short: Spotify was so convinced that it would be successful that it agreed to a deal where it would pay a significantly reduced royalty in its first couple of years of operation, with payments stepping up after that launch period to reflect the huge cash cow that the product would become.

Some analysts believe that all of this could force subscription prices down, which in turn would reduce royalties.

He added that the company's franchisees "remain extremely successful" and said in answer to a question that "there are no plans to reduce royalties, or no need to even consider anything of that sort".

Lower prices could help these services attract millions of new customers, but they would likely also further reduce royalties, an issue that has drawn serious concern among artists and their advocates.

Amazon reduces royalties of books priced at $.99 to 35% (from 70%).