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As Musicians Complain That YouTube Doesn't Pay Enough, At Least One Musician Is
Profiting Greatly From YouTube
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| Reader Josh Austin tells us he was listening to a local radio show in Denver,
| where the DJs were interviewing the singer, Joe Bonamassa. In the course of
| the discussion he mentions just how valuable YouTube has been for him,
| saying:
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| All this digital stuff, now, it's actually really helped my audience, you
| know. We were playing little blues bars, and with the advent of YouTube
| all these college kids started coming out, because they'd check you out
| online, and instead of a hundred fans, there'd be thousands, and it's
| great! How can you complain about YouTube? It's a really good thing.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090311/1826194078.shtml
Top Artists Strike Back at Greedy Music Labels
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| For years music industry lobbyists, headed by the RIAA, have gone after
| illegal file-sharers - supposedly in the best interests of the artists.
| Unexpectedly, a group of top musicians has started its very own lobby group
| to avoid being exploited by these very same record labels, who tend to abuse
| copyrights for their own sake.
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http://torrentfreak.com/top-artists-strike-back-at-greedy-music-labels-090311/
Australia The Latest To Look At Having Artists Paid Multiple Times For The Same
Work
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| The only artists such a "right" helps are those who are quite successful --
| in other words, the ones least likely to need it. For new and upcoming
| artists, such a resale right creates quite a bit of harm. It acts as a
| disincentive for anyone to buy or sell their artwork, and limits the
| likelihood of their artwork becoming well known.
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| The problem is that, thanks to the rise of the copyright lobby, people really
| do think that "creation = permanent ownership" at this point. If you're going
| to create a resale right for art, why not for everything else? If I build a
| house, why shouldn't I get a percentage of the transaction every time it's
| sold?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0331304071.shtml
They change the rules. How convenient for fat cat moguls.
Recent:
Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement
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| This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright
| debate. The CBC is reporting that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been
| sued by an independent band for copyright infringement.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10034/Political+Hypocrisy+French+President+Sued+for+Copyright+Infringement
Is Nicholas Sarkozy One Strike Towards Losing His Internet Connection?
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| The latest is that French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, a big supporter of
| setting up a three strikes law in France, is being accused of violating
| copyright law himself.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090226/0101073907.shtml
British Government Violates Copyright
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| As much as I utterly despise the entire premise of Intellectual Monopoly,
| this is about violating the principles of a Free License, and if it's good
| enough for the British government to violate our civil rights in the name of
| Intellectual Monopoly, then it's good enough for the Free World to protect
| its "property" (in fact Freedom) too…
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http://slated.org/british_government_violates_copyright
UK government stole website theme
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| NUMBER 10, the UK Prime Minister's website, is apparently built using a
| design it nicked.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/18/uk-government-stole-website
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