Well, it finally happened. Artists are now making it a condition of their show contracts that the promoter’s advertising cannot appear on pirate sites. In other words, the promoter will be in breach of contract with the artist if the promoter’s advertising appears on sites that exploit artists, not only the artist who is party […]
We have been no fans of the Google Books project, from its tortured use of sovereign immunity to take books out the back door of state libraries for commercial gain to the crappy deal for authors, to Google’s attack on the class representatives, to Lessig’s bizarre defense of the project (conveniently forgotten as it sank […]
We’re all mad here… Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll The following are my initial comments to the current proposed rulemaking at the Copyright Office that would, in my view, give digital streaming services a pass on transparency and accountability for their extraordinarily low royalty payments. The reporting on the ridiculously low royalty payments […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
We spend most of our time here focused on artists rights as it applies to music and musicians. But we wanted to see if the film industry was having the same challenges as music. We believe in the rights of all creators to consent and compensation for their work (ethical…
If you ever wondered why the unions should organize YouTube, it’s finally raised its ugly head: scumbag anti-artist agreements at the shadowy Maker Studios and Machinima. Read “YouTube Stars Fight Back” in the LA Weekly and you’ll get the idea. And this doesn’t even count the problems these people have created for themselves by ignoring […]
As some of you may know, I again will be moderating the Global Forum at Canadian Music Week this year. They keynote speakers I will introduce will be Chris Ruen, author of Freeloading: How our insatiable hunger for free content starves creativity, and David Lowery, the founder of Cracker and Camper Van Beethovan and editor […]
Well, we hadn’t seen Pepsi or Superbowl ads on illegal sites, but there’s a first time for everything–
After watching advertising on the SAG Awards, we find still more brands like British Airways that advertise on awards shows targeted at their key demo. At the same time, the very moment that they are advertising on awards shows that celebrate creators, these brands push their wares on sites that steal from those very creators […]
Originally posted on Four Nights of Music Rights:
If you came to Meeting 4 of Four Nights of Music Rights last October, you saw Chris Castle and David Lowery (founder of Cracker and Camper Van Beethovan) pick apart one of the biggest problems in the music business–the purchase of advertising on pirate websites by Fortune…
Bringing it home from Semaphore Music and the ultimate arbiter of taste! 1. Suns of Orpheus (Austin) “Tree of Love” @sunsoforpheus 2. Little Radar (Austin) “Spitfire” @littleradar 3. The Couch (Austin) “The Way You Came” @thecouchatx 4. Crooks (Austin) “My First Gun” @crookscountry 5. Melogrand (Austin) “All the Young” @melogrand
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