You are simply not understanding that Swordmaker got this “all wrong.”
I did? Where? Apple's Eddie Cue stated that "We've been hearing a lot of concern from indie artists about not getting paid during the three-month trial period, which was never our intent. We had originally negotiated these deals based on paying them a higher royalty rate on an ongoing basis to compensate for this brief time."
That is pretty plain that the contracts had payments for this trial period COVERED in the agreement. The Agreements covered "compensation" for the Trial period by increasing the royalty rates beyond NORMAL RATES in perpetuity, a substantial concession, that benefited the independent artists. That is a Very Good Deal! This is exactly what i have been stating in all of my posts. . . and also explaining WHEN they would receive their payments. So far, nothing wrong one iota in what i have stated. ZIP! Nothing! The only ones getting it wrong are the ones claiming Apple was going to CHEAT the artists out of compensation for the Trial period. They are lying about it.
The ONLY dispute here was when they would get paid. That is all. I see no CHEATING anyone out of anything.
Again, I stated all of that explicitly, ConservativeMind. Where, exactly, was I "completely wrong?" The only thing Apple is changing is the payment schedule. . . which I agree Apple should do.