IP: Record Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:16:14 +0100
To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: Record Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed

Record Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed
By NEIL STRAUSS
The New York Times

In their bitter battles against Napster and other free music downloading
services, record company executives have wielded one moral argument that has
placed their position beyond self-interest: the fans take the music without
proper permission and don't pay the artists a dime.

Last December, the major record labels responded with two Internet services
of their own where fans pay monthly fees to download songs. Under this
arrangement, however, the performers still don't get a dime: for each song
downloaded, they stand to get only a fraction of a cent, according to the
calculations of disgruntled managers and lawyers.

And, artists and their managers say, the labels, like Napster, aren't
putting the music online with proper permission either.

"I'm not an opponent of artists' music being included in these services,"
said Gary Stiffelman, who represents Eminem, Aerosmith and TLC. "I'm just an
opponent of their revenue not being shared."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/technology/18SONG.html?pagewanted=all

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