Many countries have statutory royalty schemes for music where the composer can not prohibit recordings or broadcasting of their works and is paid a fixed amount per performance / play / sale. (law.stackexchange.com)
Well, there are many takes on how the new royalty schemes should or should not work. (activitypress.com)
All you need to do is look at Amazon's strange and convoluted royalty scheme for authors and publishers to see that Amazon isn't interested in lower ebook prices. (macnn.com)