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 Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com Find out about Chicago shows: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/ >From: "Jim Kosmicki" >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >To: , >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 > > >