Local 802 AFM Musicians on Strike!
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Press Release: Texas Governor @GregAbbott_TX Announces Statewide Plan Banning Use Of TikTok
“Owned by a Chinese company that employs Chinese Communist Party members, TikTok harvests significant amounts of data from a user’s device, including details about a user’s internet activity.”
CRB Reform: A longer table for songwriter rate negotiations, not a kid’s table
Beware of “reformers” bearing gifts. Reforming the CRB requires more voices at the negotiating table.
The Chesterton Fence and the Future of the Copyright Royalty Board
The establishment has seized the CRB reform bandwagon to make sure they still have jobs when the dust settles.
@stuartdredge: ‘Ethical Pool’ idea could let fans choose user-centric royalties
Revisiting the Ethical Pool version of artist centric royalties.
The Cross of Iron
But the truth is that we all should take Ike’s caution to heart. As he says, he addresses himself to “this world in arms.” It’s too convenient to point a finger and exclude ourselves from the accountability.
Guest Post: Making Fake Art: “1984”, The New Rembrandt, and The “Fake Artist”
In this 2017 post, guest writer Laura Kobylecky draws striking parallels from the fictional machine-made music in Orwell’s “1984” to Spotify’s fake artist scandal and “The Next Rembrandt” that was “art” created from human works by machine algorithm.
@musictechpolicy Comment to Copyright Office on Termination, the Black Box and Lawlessness at MLC
Chris Castle’s comment to Copyright Office regarding MLC’s broken policy on termination.
RIP Jeff Beck
Been waiting on you brother, welcome to the band…
@northmusicgroup Calls Out The MLC’s Ability to Make “Law” Through Business Rules that Hurt Songwriters and Skew the Black Box to Benefit Majors — Artist Rights Watch–News for the Artist Rights Advocacy Community
In this comment to the Copyright Office, Abby North (independent publisher and Artist Rights Symposium III Moderator) calls on the Copyright Office to stop the MLC quango from unilaterally establishing “business rules” that hurt songwriters and their heirs and protect working families from these arbitrary actions of The MLC. @northmusicgroup Calls Out The MLC’s Ability to […]
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