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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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