Summary: "The little snot was tying to change the world in a way I think is illegal, so he must be punished. And the 50 years was just a fairy story, and the courtroom is full of sparkles and fairness."
I finally gave completely up on the possibility that the music industry (specifically ASCAP) actually attempted to do anything for anyone other than the labels when I specifically informed them that my entire CD (independently released, but ASCAP-registered) would be getting airplay on a station. The next month they politely informed me I had had no plays.
When I pointed out that I had informed them three weeks prior that the album would be played in its entirety, and that it indeed had been played and submitted to them, they essentially said, "oh, that doesn't count". Mostly, apparently, because I was not under contract to a record company would would get the vast majority of the money while I got a 20-cent check.
So now I give my music away, and to hell with them. I happen to like U2's music - but the idea that they'll somehow go broke unless the Internet is spayed is laughable in the extreme.
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Re: Kerr at Volokh
Summary: "The little snot was tying to change the world in a way I think is illegal, so he must be punished. And the 50 years was just a fairy story, and the courtroom is full of sparkles and fairness."
The music industry's been broken for a long time
I finally gave completely up on the possibility that the music industry (specifically ASCAP) actually attempted to do anything for anyone other than the labels when I specifically informed them that my entire CD (independently released, but ASCAP-registered) would be getting airplay on a station. The next month they politely informed me I had had no plays.
When I pointed out that I had informed them three weeks prior that the album would be played in its entirety, and that it indeed had been played and submitted to them, they essentially said, "oh, that doesn't count". Mostly, apparently, because I was not under contract to a record company would would get the vast majority of the money while I got a 20-cent check.
So now I give my music away, and to hell with them. I happen to like U2's music - but the idea that they'll somehow go broke unless the Internet is spayed is laughable in the extreme.