Posted on 10/06/2008 9:18:15 AM PDT by Publius804
British Pop Stars Form Group to Demand More Power
Saturday, October 4, 2008 1:30 PM
LONDON -- Some of Britain's biggest music stars announced Saturday they are banding together to demand greater control over their music in the digital age.
Radiohead, Robbie Williams and Kaiser Chiefs are among more than 60 founding members of the Featured Artists' Coalition.
The group says it wants musicians rather than record labels to retain control over the rights to their music. It says new technology is rapidly changing the music industry, and artists are often left out when their songs are distributed over the Internet or mobile phone networks.
"It is time for artists to have a strong collective voice to stand up for their interests," said Brian Message, co-manager of Radiohead and the singer Kate Nash. "The digital landscape is changing fast and new deals are being struck all the time, but all too often without reference to the people who actually make the music."
Musicians are increasingly turning to the Internet _ and sometimes bypassing traditional record labels _ to distribute their music. Radiohead released the "In Rainbows" album through the band's Web site, and Oasis is offering its new album, "Dig Out Your Soul," on social networking site MySpace before its official release.
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...Dosen’t Jackson, Michael have rights to McCartney Paul music? If I recorded music from the public air, am I required to pay???
The Industry has the power in the industry, not the performers. Some don’t write their own songs. Some don’t sing their own songs. They certainly don’t shoot their own videos. They don’t get their videos aired on tv. They don’t negotiate for appearances on the covers of Time-Warner programs.
Big Media is a lie.
A bit late for these performers to want to re-evaluate their contracts. They owe their fame to their corporate labesl.
Au Countraire.
And when was being rich equated with being a "terd".
Dummy.
How old are you?
IF you really want to learn, I suggest you read more than you post.
This is a Conservative website, and frankly you don't seem very Conservative.
However, if you have Conservative tendencies, this is a great place to learn.
Good luck, and Keep Smiling,
Philip.
I have to go to sleep, but once again keep smiling.
Philip
A 23 year old who defends the euphemistically reffered to “file sharing”. Now there’s a major shock. /s
Back in the day, we actually had to “file share” the old fashioned way ... shoplifting.
Hey now, John Waters admits to requesting songs on the radio so he could tape them off the air and that was the late 1950s. (reel to reel is that old).
Sony & Garth Brooks have a problem with used record and used CD sales too.
My problem with these performers is that they are upset about the contracts they signed with the labels that made them famous.
There are plenty of equally talented performers who are on smaller labels who’ll never get airtime or hype in the industry because they don’t have Big Media’s machine behind them.
These artists are upset that the labels are making money from their efforts. They could have gone independent and been relatively obscure. They wanted the fast track to fame.
They could have gone over their contract and attempted to limit the label’s ownership of their material (especially with regard to ringtones and other “non-album” uses).
I should be more clear. I only really care about the indie stuff, as commercial stuff is so overproduced, it is hard to find music in there (oversimplifying of course).
I haven’t listened to chart toppers since Led Zeppelin was topping the charts back in the day - with the one exception when the Grateful Dead hit the charts entirely by accident with Touch of Grey.
Not too many mandolins heard on pop radio either :-)
But you'd have to actually possess the vinyl, right. File sharing makes it like ordering Burger King at the drive through.
Don't get me wrong, it is only the indie acts that I don't want to see hurt by file sharing.
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