Comment Re:so? (Score 1) 157
Nice troll (mostly correct, but omit an important fact to come up with an incorrect conclusion).
In this case, you forgot that the *labels* don't know who will become a big hit, and there's no requirement that there be any big hitters at all. Indeed, promotion and marketing are necessary, but they are not sufficient.
This means that once artists have reached a certain level, the negotiation power is rather more equal. Sure, the label can stop promoting them, but there's no guarantee that the label can replace them and the income they generate. Likewise, as a potential income generator, other labels may well choose to take them on.
Of course, for low mid-list and below, you are quite correct. Given the labels inability to determine who has earning potential, artists are effectively interchangeable.