I got as far as B and decided I could get to at least 10 artists just from my desk with Google, today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bennett" To: Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:26 AM Subject: Re: SoundExchange list > 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 >> >> >> > >