Not only is the recording industry going after customers by sueing them (mothers, children, dead people even!), but they are now even going after the people they supposedly represent.
Here is an article about a young artist getting banned from a music chart created by the BPA. The BPA is the British equivalent of our own RIAA which sounds like it represents the artists but really represents the corporations that own the contracts for the artists and does not in anyway care about the artists interest but only profits.
Here is a quick quote from the article:
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.
It really seems like the recording industry is going to self destruct soon with this insane behaviour.
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