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The Good Musician

April 15th, 2008

RIAA goes to college

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tagged twenty-six U.S. colleges and universities for file sharing. Five hundred and sixty-nine letters went to students across the country, reports Wired Campus, the Chronicle of Higher Education online ‘zine.
Some universities have refused to forward letters from RIAA to students, and others cite the Family Educational Rights and […]

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January 29th, 2008

Wait. Musicians Are Supposed to Get Paid?

Well, believe it or not, but musicians deserve to get paid when their music is used publicly or otherwise. In the US. the current rate is around 9 cents per phonorecord used, and it’s getting updated. In an open letter, the president of the National Music Publishers’ Association points out some important changes for songwriters […]

By Arjun Muralidharan -- 0 comments