Comments on: 7,550 SoundExchange lost artists, still unpaid http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bh http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035/comment-page-1#comment-928733 bh Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:20:49 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035#comment-928733 ... and it gets better. Now the US Copyright Royalty Board is floating a "Notice of proposed rulemaking" that proposes making everybody who reports to SE submit "census" reporting - i.e. a list of every single song - instead of the 2 weeks per quarter most of them submit now. The CRB does so, according to their announcement " ....so that SoundExchange does not need to rely on estimates or projections to insure that all artists **are fairly compensated when their works are played**" (emphasis mine) Which, if you needed further proof that the CRB is asleep at the goddamn wheel, well, here you go ... Fred Wilhems, there's a January 29, 2009 deadline for comments to the CRB on this issue - please post a copy of yours here if you wind up sending them commentary on this one ... (I would link the Broadcast Law Blog post on the matter here, but the comments system here seems to hate links and flag them as spam) … and it gets better. Now the US Copyright Royalty Board is floating a “Notice of proposed rulemaking” that proposes making everybody who reports to SE submit “census” reporting – i.e. a list of every single song – instead of the 2 weeks per quarter most of them submit now.

The CRB does so, according to their announcement ” ….so that SoundExchange does not need to rely on estimates or projections to insure that all artists **are fairly compensated when their works are played**” (emphasis mine)

Which, if you needed further proof that the CRB is asleep at the goddamn wheel, well, here you go …

Fred Wilhems, there’s a January 29, 2009 deadline for comments to the CRB on this issue – please post a copy of yours here if you wind up sending them commentary on this one …

(I would link the Broadcast Law Blog post on the matter here, but the comments system here seems to hate links and flag them as spam)

]]> By: artist http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035/comment-page-1#comment-928638 artist Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:50:15 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035#comment-928638 <p>i agree music industry is really a joke.</p> i agree music industry is really a joke.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035/comment-page-1#comment-927770 Reader's Write Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:20:53 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035#comment-927770 It seems to me that worrying about downloaders, the powers that be should be looking in the opposite direction. No wonder the music industry is a joke. It seems to me that worrying about downloaders, the powers that be should be looking in the opposite direction. No wonder the music industry is a joke.

]]> By: Comeoncomcast http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035/comment-page-1#comment-927695 Comeoncomcast Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:04:27 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/18035#comment-927695 Jon youll love this one its a little worrying tho http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24863686-23109,00.html Jon youll love this one its a little worrying tho
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24863686-23109,00.html

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