Music Business
Musikdownloads sind nicht Böse
13.03.09 Vernünftiges Statement der Featured Artists Coalition
von Jörn Goetze ⋅ kommentieren
Chris hat bereits über das Anliegen der Featured Artists Coalition berichtet. Nun haben sich die Musiker bei ihrer ersten Sitzung mit einer klaren Aussage zu Wort gemeldet. Musikdownloads sind nicht böse. Deshalb wird die Koalition die Klagestrategie der Musikindustrie nicht unterstützen.
Musicians including Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Billy Bragg, Blur’s David Rowntree and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien said last night that the public should not be prosecuted for downloading illegal music from the internet.
The Featured Artists Coalition, which consists of 140 of Britain’s biggest rock and pop stars, said at its inaugural meeting that companies such as MySpace and YouTube should be required to remunerate the artists when they use their music for advertising.
Bragg told The Independent that most of the artists had voted against supporting any move towards criminally prosecuting ordinary members of the public for illegally downloaded music.
The musicians will express their views to Lord Carter, who suggested that individuals downloading music illegally should be brought to justice.
www.featuredartistscoalition.com
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