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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: SoundExchange Fiasco |
| Date | Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:42:15 -0500 |
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At Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:20:21 Sam wrote:
>I don't recall seeing the following posted on Audities, but I'll admit
>that I sometimes fall behind ...
>
>SoundExchange, the RIAA-created body that collects license fees for the
>digital distribution of recordings, is about to gain control of the fees
>(up to 2000 or so) for a number of artists that they can't rack down. An
>article on the situation can be found at
>
> http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/FWexchange.html
>
>The list of unpaid artists can be found at
>
> http://63.236.111.137/jsp/unpaidArtistList.jsp
>
>The depressing thing is that they clearly have not spent much effort
>tracking people down. Famous artists appear on the list (Peter, Paul, and
>Mary; the Replacements). A quick scan suggests that a bunch of people
>discussed on this list also appear there (The Plimsouls jumped out as one,
>but there are certainly others).
>
>Anyway, I'm writing to encourage those of you who know artists on that
>list to write to those artists. (The danger is that the artists will hear
>from a bunch of people, but I'd guess that's okay.)
Though I don't doubt the incompetency of such a large bureacracy, a previous
discussion on this list about the above article and list of artists who
haven't been found is misleading. SoundExchange lists artists who haven't
JOINED their ranks by designating them the same as those who can't be
loceated...which isn't entirely the same thing as being unable to contact
them.
Some artists have either chosen not to or have yet to sign up for the
SoundExchange program.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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