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01 – The Streaming Price Bible – Spotify, YouTube and What 1 Million Plays Means to You!
02 – Over 50 Major Brands Supporting Music Piracy, It’s Big Business!
03 – My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89
04 – Record Labels Invest $4.5 Billion Annually In Artists… Pirates, $0… Any Questions?
05 – Letter To Emily White @ NPR
06 – New Boss Worse Than The Old Boss
07 – Google, Advertising, Money and Piracy. A History of Wrongdoing Exposed.
08 – If the Internet is working for Musicians, Why aren’t more Musicians Working Professionally?
09 – Artists, Know They Enemy!
10 – Two Simple Facts about Technology and Piracy : iTunes Vs. YouTube

Officer Arlo gets to go home alive when his shift is done, the first rule of law enforcement. nypost.com/2021/01/19/tik… via @nypost 54 minutes ago
RT @bsookman: Supreme Court Denies Petition from YouTube Rippers 'FLVTO' and '2Conv' google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t… 1 hour ago
RT @bsookman: EU court opinion leaves Facebook more exposed over privacy martinsvillebulletin.com/news/world/eu-… 1 hour ago

Apple Announces Itunes One Dollar Albums and Ten Cent Song Downloads In Time For The Holidays! | Sillycon Daily News
BUT SPOTIFY IS PAYING 70% OF GROSS TO ARTISTS, ISN’T THAT FAIR? NO, AND HERE’S WHY…
How to Fix Music Streaming in One Word, “Windows”… two more “Pay Gates”…
Jay Frank’s Magical Mystery Streaming Math… Or, Brotha Can Ya Spare A Calculator?
Music Streaming Math, Can It All Add Up?
Spotify Doesn’t Kill Music Sales like Smoking Doesn’t Cause Cancer…
Spotify’s Daniel Ek is Really Bad At Simple Math, “Artists Will Make a Decent Living Off Streaming In Just a Few Years”
Streaming Is the Future, Spotify Is Not. Let’s talk Solutions.
USA Spotify Streaming Rates Reveal 58% of Streams Are Free, Pays Only 16% Of Revenue
Who will be the First Fired Label Execs over Spotify Fiasco & Cannibalization?

Aimee Mann Exploited by Russian Brides, Wells Fargo Bank and Nationwide Insurance
Billy Corgan Exploited By… Citi Bank, AT&T, Target, Virgin Atlantic, Mazda, Neiman Marcus, Musicians Friend, Hertz, BMW, Audi, Boston Market, Urban Outfitters, Williams Sonoma
Dead Kennedys Exploited by Charter, Blizzard, @AlaskaAir and @1800Flowers
Dirty Money, Profits From Piracy [video]
Jared Leto Exploited by Rapidshare, VW, Go Pro, LG, Emirates Airlines, Adobe, Ford and Target
Lou Reed Exploited By American Express, AT&T, Chevorlet, Chili’s, Lysol, Pottery Barn, Vons, Domino’s Pizza, Netflix, Galaxy Nexus and Ron Jeremy!
Lyric Pirates Supported by Big Business…
MegaUpload (MegaVideo) Smoking Gun? Did the site illegally charge for Streaming Movies? (Star Wars)
Neil Young Exploited by Ford, Cooper Mini, Target, State Farm, Adobe, Alaska Air, ATT, Boy Scouts, DIRECTV, LG, Princess Cruises, HP, Westin, Charmin, RapidShare
Neko Case Exploited by Macy’s, Levi’s, Princess Cruises, Skype, Yahoo, Marvel and Electronic Arts
Talib Kweli Exploited by State Farm Insurance, Neiman Marcus, Ferguson/Kohler, The Ad Council, Google, Ad Choices and Desk Top Strippers
Tom Waits Exploited By Wendy’s, Yahoo, BMW, Mitt Romney, Adobe, Cadillac, LG, Target, Westin Hotels, Priceline, Hyatt Hotels, Weight Watchers, VISA, State Farm, Mini Cooper, ADT Security…
U2 Exploited by United Airlines, Jet Blue, HP, State Farm, Westin, Urban Outfitters, Sprint, AT&T, Amazon, Disney Resorts, Crate and Barrel

* Bad News, Good News, Bad News. Internet Radio “Fairness” Act Sponsor and Conservative UT Congressman Chaffetz Taunts Musicians; Admits to Belief in Evolution; Urges Government Interference In Markets.
* Four Simple Reasons Why the Pandora Radio Act Screws Musicians (EZ Reader)
* IRFA and the Future of Music Policy Summit: Why Would FOMC Miss An Opportunity to Defend Artist Rights?
* IRFA is the Broadcast Industry’s SOPA. Censors Free Speech
* Is Tim Westergren (Pandora) Really Just A Beard For Clear Channel?
* Lobbyist For CCIA Makes All Kinds of Wild Claims About Copyright Management Organizations. BMI ASCAP SOCAN SAMI Included in Charges of Corruption.
* Muzzling Free Speech By Artists: IRFA Section 5 Analysis
* Pandora Comes Out Of The Closet; Confirms Clear Channel and Pandora “More Than Just Friends’
* Sign the @musiciansunion (AFM) Letter: Friends don’t let friends get IRFA’d!
* Untruth in Advertising: Pandora’s Misleading Plea To Listeners On Behalf Of The Internet Radio “Fairness” Act.

Vote for artist rights on November 4!

_ Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss?
_ Mellencamp Character Assassination. The New Republic Bravely Stands Up For Corporations and Criminal Groups That Exploit Artists.
_ The Most Important Fact Academics and The Copyleft Neglect to Mention: Copyright is Optional.
_ Video of the “Radio Active” panel at The Future of Music Summit 2012.
_ You Can’t Have A Have A Healthy Market Economy Without Property Rights. Why Do So Many In Tech Blogosphere Want To Abolish Cyber Property Rights And Cripple The Cyber-Economy?

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