Robin Gibb Remembered 1949 – 2012
It is with great sadness that we report on the passing of Robin Gibb who in his later years was a strong and vocal champion of Artists Rights serving as the President of the International Confederation...
View ArticleThe Trichordist Random Reader News & Links Sun Jun 3
Grab the Coffee! Always insightful and entertaining Ari Emanuel appeared at All things Digital’s D10 Conference this week;...
View ArticleThe Trichordist Random Reader Weekly News & Links Sun Jun 17
Grab the Coffee! This past weeks posts on The Trichordist: * The Wall Of Shame Continues… * CopyLike.Org – Pay Creators Like You Pay Everyone Else * FarePlay.Org – An Open Letter * Launch &...
View ArticleThe Trichordist Random Reader Weekly News & Links Sun Jul 29
Grab the Coffee! Recent Posts: * Wall Of Shame : BMW Willing To “Drive” Without License ^^^ thanks to those who have written to BMW! ^^^ * Five Things That ISPs Can Do Today to Stop Ripping Off Artists...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Parody Video Appears on YouTube
We have been alerted to the video below as reported by AdLand. The video is a parody spoof of Dotcom’s own propaganda clip released last week. This one is aptly titled the “Permissionless Innovation...
View ArticleHey Tom Waits! Who’s That Bandido Ripping You Off Now? … Wendy’s, Yahoo, BMW,...
Remember the bad old days of the music business of yore? When sleazy cigar chomping gangsters would give an old bluesman $20 for a song? Later when that song became a hit, the old bluesman discovered...
View ArticleThe Making of Le Noise: the new album from Neil Young (9-14-10)
It’s Friday. Sometimes, ya just got to appreciate the artist, the process and the music to put everything in perspective. Neil Young + Daniel Lanois = Awesome. ITUNES:...
View ArticleWeekly News and Recap! Sunday Sep 2, 2012
Grab the Coffee! Recent Posts: * Principles for an Ethical and Sustainable Internet * Neil Young Exploited by Ford, Cooper Mini, Target, State Farm, Adobe, Alaska Air, ATT… * CNBC Tonight : Hollywood...
View ArticleJavier Bardem on The Rights of Artisans and Filmmakers
We Love this guy! The exploitation economy effects more people than just musicians. He says, “More than 90 per cent of actors have serious problems to pay rent, bills, and even to eat. Remuneration of...
View ArticleRobert Johnson – Why Music Matters
Why Music Matters is a fantastic organization creating awareness about Artists Rights. Website : http://www.whymusicmatters.org/ YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/whymusicmatters Filed under:...
View Article“Google & The World Brain” Airing Now on Al Jazeera America
This may be the single most important piece of work to date that explores the rights and concerns of creators in the digital age. The film details how Google has made plans to commercially monetize and...
View ArticleUnSound : New Film Explores Artists Rights in The Digital Age (Video Clip)
From the forthcoming documentary Unsound: Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph Records founder Brett Gurewitz talks about how large tech corporations make millions of dollars selling advertising-...
View ArticleOnline Piracy of Entertainment Content Keeps Soaring | The Los Angeles Times
The amount of Internet bandwidth used to illegally download movies, TV shows, music, books and video games has jumped 160% since 2010, a study says. Despite the growth of Netflix, Amazon.com and other...
View ArticleUNSOUND : Rhett Miller disscusses the changing music business [VIDEO]
Filed under: Artists Rights Watch, Copyright, Musician's POV, Video Tagged: artists rights, Documentary, Rhettt Miller, UnSound, video, Vimeo, youtube
View ArticleUNSOUND : Zoe Keating Interview : Part 1 [VIDEO]
Zoe explains her background and how she became a DIY artist. She also explains how streaming services like Spotify don’t work out so well for independent artists. RELATED: Musicians POV : 1,000...
View ArticleUNSOUND : Cut Chemist discusses ‘pay-what-you-want’ [VIDEO]
From the forthcoming documentary Unsound, Jurassic 5′s Cut Chemist discusses ‘pay-what-you-want’ and the impact it had on independent artists. Filed under: Artist Rights, Copyright, Musician's POV,...
View ArticleMerry Christmas! CALICO the band – Santa Have Mercy [VIDEO]
Three girls with guitars, Santa Claus, a muscle car and a spanking… Filed under: Video Tagged: Calico The Band, Merry Christmas, Music Video, Santa Have Mercy
View ArticleDavid Lowery Talks Artists Rights | The BBC [video]
When he’s not on the road touring, Lowery is teaching students at the University of Georgia about the business of the music industry. He is a vocal critic of that industry, and particularly how...
View ArticleMerlin on YouTube music payouts: “Their figures are by far the worst”| Music...
No surprise to us… “The ironic thing is that the service that pays the least is the service that’s the most well funded and run by the biggest company in the world: their figures are by far the worst,...
View Article!! Gizmodo Reports Google to Censor Videos By XL Recordings, Domino Records,...
This just in from Gizmodo regarding the YouTube Music Pass for which the major labels have already made a deal with Google. Indie labels however are being bullied by the tech giant with the threat of...
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