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Rich Kulawiec
rsk@gsp.org
Thu Apr 2 17:14:22 EDT 2015
On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 11:29:04AM -0400, William Sutton via Novalug wrote:
> He's said a lot of the same things that you just did WRT the
> industry sucking the artists dry (or, more specifically, his
> characterization is that the industry fronts some amount of money to
> the artist, in exchange for which they own the artist's work in
> perpetuity).
Exactly. Recall that John Fogerty couldn't perform his own music
for years because of just such a ripoff. (Hence the song "Vanz Kant
Danz", when he finally mounted a comeback, and a damn good one at that:
"Centerfield" was a great record then and it still it now.)
The music industry, at all levels, has a few good people who are
genuinely interested in promoting artists and seeing that good music
finds it way to receptive ears. There are radio hosts, club owners,
producers, venue operators, concert promoters, etc., all of whom
are in it for the love, who want to make a living but not by ripping
off the creative writers, musicians, lyricists, singers, etc. who
actually are doing the heavy lifting.
And then...then there are people like this. Consider this a brief
introduction to the vile corruption and boundless greed that infests
the music "industry" at all levels. (And as damning as the page
titles are, the full explanations contained in the articles are worse.)
Major Labels Claim Copyright Over Public Domain Songs; YouTube Punishes Musician
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120827/22533320172/major-labels-claim-copyright-over-public-domain-songs-youtube-punishes-musician.shtml
Killing The Golden Goose: Copyright Holders Demand More Cash Even As Streaming Music Services Struggle To Be Profitable
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140727/12322628030/killing-golden-goose-copyright-holders-demand-more-cash-even-as-streaming-music-services-struggle-to-be-profitable.shtml
Performance Rights Organizations Again "Protecting" Artists By Killing Off Revenue Streams
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140619/12091827630/performance-rights-organizations-again-protecting-artists-killing-off-revenue-streams.shtml
RIAA Claims That It Is "Standing Up For" Older Musicians That It Actually Left To Rot
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140425/07192227027/riaa-claims-that-it-is-standing-up-older-musicians-that-it-actually-left-to-rot.shtml
Recording Industry Wants To Have It Both Ways When It Comes To Pre-1972 Recordings
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140415/07051726917/recording-industry-wants-to-have-it-both-ways-when-it-comes-to-pre-1972-recordings.shtml
Yet Another Music Collection Society Corruption Scandal May Lead To Real Copyright Reform In Peru
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140402/17490026782/yet-another-music-collection-society-corruption-scandal-may-lead-to-real-copyright-reform-peru.shtml
Pandora's Fed Up With The Lies The RIAA Has Been Spreading About It: Presents Some Facts
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130626/17153923629/pandoras-fed-up-with-lies-riaa-has-been-spreading-about-it-presents-some-facts.shtml
Performance Rights Organizations Accused Of "Retitling" Songs To Collect Royalties Without Paying Artists
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/00072222358/performance-rights-organizations-accused-retitling-songs-to-collect-royalties-without-paying-artists.shtml
Lester Chambers, Successful Musician Who Received No Royalties From '67 To '94, Planning To Sue
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120315/03304918113/lester-chambers-successful-musician-who-received-no-royalties-67-to-94-planning-to-sue.shtml
Lester Chambers, Screwed Over For Decades By The Recording Industry, Goes Direct Via Kickstarter
https://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20121211/10563521347/lester-chambers-screwed-over-decades-recording-industry-goes-direct-via-kickstarter.shtml
This Is What's Wrong With The Music Industry: Musicians Have To Pay To Pay Themselves
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120920/03183520447/this-is-whats-wrong-with-music-industry-musicians-have-to-pay-to-pay-themselves.shtml
Journey's Producer Sues Sony Over Unpaid Royalties For 21 Classic Songs
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120811/09162919995/journeys-producer-sues-sony-over-unpaid-royalties-21-classic-songs.shtml
Anti-Piracy Song Pirated By Anti-Piracy Group; Collection Society Fined For Failing To Get Royalties
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120717/03544819727/anti-piracy-song-pirated-anti-piracy-group-collection-society-fined-failing-to-get-royalties.shtml
Def Leppard Covers Its Own Songs With "Forgeries" To Fight Back Against Universal Music
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120706/04162619600/def-leppard-covers-its-own-songs-with-forgeries-to-fight-back-against-universal-music.shtml
How ASCAP Takes Money From Successful Indie Artists And Gives It To Giant Rock Stars
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120323/18055718229/how-ascap-takes-money-successful-indie-artists-gives-it-to-giant-rock-stars.shtml
Did Universal Music Try To Expense The Costs Of Eminem's Producers Suing Over Unpaid Royalties... Back To Eminem's Producers?
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120223/14091117852/did-universal-music-try-to-expense-costs-eminems-producers-suing-over-unpaid-royalties-back-to-eminems-producers.shtml
Kenny Rogers' Lawsuit Shows The Many Ways That A Major Label Screws Artists (Even The Big Ones)
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120220/04491417812/kenny-rogers-lawsuit-shows-many-ways-that-major-label-screws-artists-even-big-ones.shtml
Surprise: ASCAP and Music Labels Colluded To Screw Pandora
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140209/01061226149/details-come-out-about-how-ascap-colluded-with-labels-to-screw-pandora.shtml
Fed Up Germans Are Trying To Crowdfund A GEMA Alternative That Isn't Evil
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/01535623897/germans-fed-up-with-gema-trying-to-crowdfund-alternative-that-isnt-evil.shtml
A Parade Of Horror Stories From Copyright Collection Organizations
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120921/22263320468/parade-horror-stories-copyright-collection-organizations.shtml
How Big Music Companies Are Stealing Hundreds Of Millions In Royalties From Artists
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120305/04332117978/how-big-music-companies-are-stealing-hundreds-millions-royalties-artists.shtml
GEMA, Once Again, Demands Royalties From Creative Commons Music It Has No Rights Over
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111114/02034116758/gema-once-again-demands-royalties-creative-commons-music-it-has-no-rights-over.shtml
More Details On Spanish Music Collection Society Corruption: Accused Of Stealing $550 Million From Artists
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110705/02190314964/more-details-spanish-music-collection-society-corruption-accused-stealing-550-million-artists.shtml
Belgian Collection Society SABAM Caught Taking Cash For Made Up Bands It Didn't Represent
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110209/04101413022/belgian-collection-society-sabam-caught-taking-cash-made-up-bands-it-didnt-represent.shtml
Canadian Music Collection Society Demanding Payment For 30 Second Song Previews
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101223/16184712403/canadian-music-collection-society-demanding-payment-30-second-song-previews.shtml
ASCAP Claiming That Creative Commons Must Be Stopped; Apparently They Don't Actually Believe In Artist Freedom
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100624/1640199954.shtml
Irish Collection Society Wants Music Bloggers To Pay Up To Promote Music
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100429/1101409241.shtml
Japanese Collection Society Wants To Charge You For Tweeting Lyrics
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100303/0414578388.shtml
Russian Collecting Society Sues Promoters For Not Paying Up To Let Beyonce Sing Beyonce Songs
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100223/0257328266.shtml
UMG Licenses Indie Artist's Track, Then Uses Content ID To Claim Ownership Of It
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150317/10513630347/umg-licenses-indie-artists-track-then-uses-content-id-to-claim-ownership-it.shtml
Major Labels Claim Copyright Over Public Domain Songs; YouTube Punishes Musician
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120827/22533320172/major-labels-claim-copyright-over-public-domain-songs-youtube-punishes-musician.shtml
---rsk
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