European copyright extended to 70 years
European copyright extended to 70 years On Monday 12 September 2011, the Council of the European Union agreed to extend the copyright term for performers and record companies from 50…
Uk election voting farce #ge2010
What a farce. people not being allowed to vote because there are not enough ballot papers? is the point not that everyone in the country gets one? if they dont…
What the digital economy bill means for you as a copyright holder #debill
What the digital economy bill means for you as a copyright holder. I am a holder of copyright. I do sell music online. this new digital economy bill ( #debill…
That was a tough two days!!
Well, the last two days have been busy. Firstly my site went down - That was the final straw, I moved to a different host. that took a full day…
Newsflash – UK Govt Refusing to Back Legislation for Musicians
I got an email from the ppl this morning about the UK Govt Refusing to Back Legislation for Musicians, it goes as follows - Dear Colleagues Do performers deserve copyright…
Fuck. We are all screwed. Thanks Trent.
Nine inch nails have just removed themselves from their record label. its on nin.com. they are now offering another album for free, this time its in high def audio (…
Excellent article – Single Mother Gets RIAA Suit Dismissed, Sues Them Right Back
Found this article on business week, makes for an interesting read Andersen got the piracy case against her dropped; now she's going after the RIAA for conspiracy by Heather Green…
Freelance within the creative industries
The financial and legal requirements within the music industry go hand in hand with each other
MySpace, Major Labels Join Forces for Online Music Store
Http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/myspace-partner.html
It seems that myspace are going to start paying the majors for their music on its site (or a spinoff site) through subscriptions (which wont work – the argument being ‘why should I pay for something I can download for free, even if you are telling me its illegal, its still free’)
what might be a better thing to do is to share some of the 20 million (ish) USD PER MONTH that they make from advertising on the bands pages with the bands themselves.
eg, I have a band, and its quite popular on myspace, I manage, for exapmle to get 1000 people to go to my page in a day, myspace make money from this (they make a SHITLOAD from google adsense alone – on average I can get $0.50 per click on a google banner, a click happens about 7 times for every 100 visitors, so in one day myspace could make $35 a day from my page alone, how about myspace giving me $20 of that, since im the reason that the people are going to my page, hell, if I was greedy id DEMAND $30 form that, but I understand myspace is a whore, anyway here is the articl that I found –
MySpace has partnered with three of the four major record labels in an effort to create “a one-stop source for all music, in all its various digital incarnations,” according to The New York Times.