「演劇とお金」作家・演出家　鴻上尚史 - 日本銀行広報誌「にちぎん」No.24　2010年冬号 ：日本銀行 Bank of Japan (Link to PDF)

Honestly, it's abnormal that a play I create charges over 10000 JPY (125 USD), I think.

And I worder what a media a play is which does not pay without such a fee.

Expensive fee filters out some people and let contents encircled. As a result almost all the consumers move to other contents.

 Linda Thompson~~Withered and Died (150 JPY) - iTunes Store

Out of Our Idiot

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Demon Records UK (1996-10-15)