artists disclose their "ideological manifesto" with the intent to manage their own rights
Robbie Williams (AP) "It's not a crime to download (download is not a crime): the words of Billy Bragg, English folk singer who remember since the days of Thatcher for their political commitment and speaking on behalf of the 140 British bands and musicians of the Featured Artists Coalition, founded with the intent to take a position independent of the changes in music distribution at the time of the Internet and the willingness to fight the overwhelming power of the majors.
COALITION OF ARTISTS - Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Billy Bragg, David Rowntree of Blur, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, The Verve, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead are just some of the British rock star who gave life to the Featured Artists Coalition, now in its official debut, disclose collecting their views on six key points, one of which is the firm conviction of not wanting to criminalize people who download music illegally. The core of the manifesto is that artists' rights to the works remain in the hands of musicians and music downloads that the user is not a thief.
YOUTUBE AND OTHER - Annie Lennox, who could not attend the meeting, has sent its own message of support, which is combined with the voice of Peter Gabriel, David Gray, Fran Healy of Travis, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd and Mick Jones of The Clash: a request to stop the majors with choral their punitive policies against online pirates. The appeal is also addressed to the Minister of Communications British Lord Carter, who had brought severe penalties for downloaders: According to British artists is not the time to criminalize consumers and would be the case that sites like MySpace or Youtube paid the bands when they use their music for advertising, while it is right to give free music to their fans through YouTube and other services. Music piracy continues to give a hard industry Music and while in France there is even those who want to block the connection to those who download music outside of the law, the real protagonists of the music they know they are on the side of ordinary people and that, in the face of an unprecedented change of use Music, are the record companies and players in the business have to revise some rules.
the Corriere della Sera, an article by Emanuela Di Pasqua
Robbie Williams (AP) "It's not a crime to download (download is not a crime): the words of Billy Bragg, English folk singer who remember since the days of Thatcher for their political commitment and speaking on behalf of the 140 British bands and musicians of the Featured Artists Coalition, founded with the intent to take a position independent of the changes in music distribution at the time of the Internet and the willingness to fight the overwhelming power of the majors.
COALITION OF ARTISTS - Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Billy Bragg, David Rowntree of Blur, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, The Verve, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead are just some of the British rock star who gave life to the Featured Artists Coalition, now in its official debut, disclose collecting their views on six key points, one of which is the firm conviction of not wanting to criminalize people who download music illegally. The core of the manifesto is that artists' rights to the works remain in the hands of musicians and music downloads that the user is not a thief.
YOUTUBE AND OTHER - Annie Lennox, who could not attend the meeting, has sent its own message of support, which is combined with the voice of Peter Gabriel, David Gray, Fran Healy of Travis, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd and Mick Jones of The Clash: a request to stop the majors with choral their punitive policies against online pirates. The appeal is also addressed to the Minister of Communications British Lord Carter, who had brought severe penalties for downloaders: According to British artists is not the time to criminalize consumers and would be the case that sites like MySpace or Youtube paid the bands when they use their music for advertising, while it is right to give free music to their fans through YouTube and other services. Music piracy continues to give a hard industry Music and while in France there is even those who want to block the connection to those who download music outside of the law, the real protagonists of the music they know they are on the side of ordinary people and that, in the face of an unprecedented change of use Music, are the record companies and players in the business have to revise some rules.
the Corriere della Sera, an article by Emanuela Di Pasqua
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