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

[Deus Ex Machina]

Kim Holburn [kim at holburn.net] wrote:
> 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.

maybe they represent it democratically. maybe they refer to artists the
same way commies refer to the public good.

Vic