Originally posted by u2wanderer1:The royalties of Miss Sarajevo were contributed to charity. WarChild was the big recipient worldwide, and even Pavarotti's annual Pavarotti and Friends concert supported War Child that year. Proceeds from that concert were used to help build the Pavarotti Music Center in Mostar. Every copy of the single sold contained the note "All artists royalties & proceeds received in the UK, after a deduction of costs incurred, from the sale of this single will be donated to The Warchild Charity, except in the Republic of Ireland, where the proceeds will be donated to Cradle." Further donations were made worldwide and through the concert in Modena.
The footage used in the video was not organized by the band directly. It was from the documentary "Miss Sarajevo" by Bill Carter. The band would have worked out an agreement with Carter over the footage. Carter, as the filmmaker would have been the one in charge of ensuring the footage had legal clearances etc. So if she's got an issue with not being paid, maybe U2 isn't where she should be starting. (But to be fair, Bono did help fund the documentary, so the lines may be a bit blurred...)
Person who wrote the article isn't really a journalist and has no affection/understanding of the music/touring business.
Been so long since I've seen either of them live. 