[Upd-discuss] Yet another Elvis article

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

I just love the end :

Although artists and their estates want longer copyright, the big music=20=

firms would benefit from it the most, especially in the next couple of=20=

decades, says Stephen King, chairman of the Association of United=20
Recording Artists and manager of the Libertines. Back in the 1950s, he=20=

says, performers got only one-tenth of the share of royalties that they=20=

do now. For years, artists have, with good reason, accused big record=20
labels of ripping them off. Now they have wised up about making deals.=20=

The best guarantee of financial security=97safer than clinging on to=20
copyright=97is hiring a good lawyer early on

Just as we keep on repeating : this is not about artists but about an=20
industry...

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr

Le 6 janv. 05, =E0 21:42, James Davis a =E9crit :

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> James
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