Comments on: Composers and Songwriters Want Their Fair Share Too! http://cybernetnews.com/composers-and-songwriters-want-their-fair-share-too/ Technology News Sat, 26 May 2012 08:09:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/composers-and-songwriters-want-their-fair-share-too/#comment-137395 Ashley Mon, 05 May 2008 18:47:00 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12416#comment-137395 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136999" rel="nofollow">Ryann wrote:</a><blockquote>Are MySpace, Imeem, and Last.fm next? Of course not, they already made deals with the major record labels.This is not a victory for artists; this is a victory for labels. Now, these same artists will get pennies in royalties from their labels, instead of, being out right robbed by Yahoo, AOL, RealNetworks, and others. When will the exploitation of artists on the internet end?</blockquote></div> Ryann, I do not believe this has anything to do with the major record labels and thus doesn't have to do with the artists themselves. This time it's not about the RIAA defending record labels and artists, it's about the ASCAP defending those who write the music for the artists - the composers and songwriters. Ryann wrote:
Are MySpace, Imeem, and Last.fm next? Of course not, they already made deals with the major record labels.

This is not a victory for artists; this is a victory for labels. Now, these same artists will get pennies in royalties from their labels, instead of, being out right robbed by Yahoo, AOL, RealNetworks, and others. When will the exploitation of artists on the internet end?

Ryann, I do not believe this has anything to do with the major record labels and thus doesn’t have to do with the artists themselves. This time it’s not about the RIAA defending record labels and artists, it’s about the ASCAP defending those who write the music for the artists – the composers and songwriters.

]]> By: bioporthttp://cybernetnews.com/composers-and-songwriters-want-their-fair-share-too/#comment-137117 bioport Sat, 03 May 2008 14:39:21 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12416#comment-137117 as Ryann rightly said, this is an other measure to make the labels fat not the artists. the hypocracy is that the labels always argue "in the name of". it's time for more structures like www.freibank.com which was founded by Einstuerzende Neubauten, headed by its ex-member Mark Chung, and has develeoped into a reasonable force for many "independents".as long as RIAA, ASCAP et al. keep on with their phony "in the name of" agendas, they themselves are the main supporters of piracy, economically and "morally", and makes it hard for anybody with 5 grams of brain and a sense for justice to argue against it. ok then ... as Ryann rightly said, this is an other measure to make the labels fat not the artists. the hypocracy is that the labels always argue “in the name of”. it’s time for more structures like [freibank.com] which was founded by Einstuerzende Neubauten, headed by its ex-member Mark Chung, and has develeoped into a reasonable force for many “independents”.

as long as RIAA, ASCAP et al. keep on with their phony “in the name of” agendas, they themselves are the main supporters of piracy, economically and “morally”, and makes it hard for anybody with 5 grams of brain and a sense for justice to argue against it. ok then …

]]> By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/composers-and-songwriters-want-their-fair-share-too/#comment-137038 Change Fri, 02 May 2008 21:24:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12416#comment-137038 I just hope the amount demanded was reasonable and will stay reasonable. I just hope the amount demanded was reasonable and will stay reasonable.

]]> By: Ryannhttp://cybernetnews.com/composers-and-songwriters-want-their-fair-share-too/#comment-136999 Ryann Fri, 02 May 2008 17:01:36 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12416#comment-136999 Are MySpace, Imeem, and Last.fm next? Of course not, they already made deals with the major record labels.This is not a victory for artists; this is a victory for labels. Now, these same artists will get pennies in royalties from their labels, instead of, being out right robbed by Yahoo, AOL, RealNetworks, and others. When will the exploitation of artists on the internet end? Are MySpace, Imeem, and Last.fm next? Of course not, they already made deals with the major record labels.

This is not a victory for artists; this is a victory for labels. Now, these same artists will get pennies in royalties from their labels, instead of, being out right robbed by Yahoo, AOL, RealNetworks, and others. When will the exploitation of artists on the internet end?

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