It depends. If you purchased it from the band directly, they get all the revenue upfront regardless of the number of plays. If you go through iTunes or some retailer to acquire your license of that intellectual property, the band makes a percentage less than 100%. If you buy the CD second-hand, the band gets nothing from that sale but they got their money from the initial sale. If you're playing a copy of the CD someone made for you, that's theft.
How much do they receive when their song is put on a FLAC or MP3 file and played by thousands of people?
If the people are paying for the plays, the band receives money under the terms of the platform agreement. Otherwise, it's theft.
” If you purchased it from the band directly, they get all the revenue upfront regardless of the number of plays.”
So if I play it a hundred times then sell it and the buyer plays it a hundred times ...
The artist is getting like less than $0.0005 per play.
“theft”
Less theft with streaming.