[LINK] Recording Industry Bans Musician From Charts For Supporting Free Music

[Kim Holburn]

Recording Industry Bans Musician From Charts For Supporting Free Music
<http://techdirt.com/articles/20060816/1820225.shtml>

> Recording Industry Bans Musician From Charts For Supporting Free Music
> from the fair-and-balanced dept
>
> One of the favorite lines out of the recording industry honchos  
> when confronted about musicians who are against industry efforts to  
> sue individuals who share files is that the industry execs support  
> whatever choice the musicians make for themselves. If the musicians  
> want to free their music, the execs say, that's their choice.  
> Funny, then, that the industry execs are acting out against a young  
> musician who wants her music to be free. BPI, the UK version of the  
> RIAA, has banned a twelve year-old singer songwriter from a new  
> music chart they were creating for schools. The reason, apparently,  
> is that BPI doesn't want to promote young Amy Thomas' music, since  
> she's signed to a music label that doesn't support BPI's stance on  
> suing file sharers. Obviously, BPI is free to set up its charts  
> however it wants -- but it really should stop claiming to the world  
> that it represents whatever artists want.

More:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33734

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