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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: SoundExchange list |
| Date | Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:26:36 -0500 |
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Just going through S, I see that Stanley Clarke and Sparklehorse are amongst
the artists they can't manage to find. As Dick Tracy would say, Ye Gods!
Mike Bennett
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>From: "Jim Kosmicki" <jkosmicki@cccneb.edu>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>, <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: SoundExchange list
>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:42:11 -0500
>
>A recent post on BoingBoing pointed out this list
>http://63.236.111.137/jsp/unpaidArtistList.jsp
>
>Apparently, Sound Exchange used to be affiliated with RIAA, but is now
>independent. They are charged with paying out the royalties for
>streaming media, but if they can't find an artist after "due diligence,"
>they get to keep the money. This list is apparently a list of the
>artists that they couldn't find. The list clearly shows that they
>aren't trying very hard.
>
>But knowing that there are a lot of working musicians and people with
>connections to labels on this list, I thought it was worth sharing. If
>anyone follows up on this, I (and BoingBoing I'm sure) would love to
>know about what happens when one of these "missing" artists actually
>asks for their royalties.
>
>The original BoingBoing post is here:
>http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/21/exriaa_agency_cant_f.html
>
>
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