The group states their manifesto:
You can find more information here.
Posted by aubin on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 5:00 PM (EDT)
Billy Bragg, Radiohead, Gang of Four, The Cribs, Klaxons and others have formed the Featured Artists Coalition. The goal of the group is to push for more control of copyrights and a bigger share of revenue for artists rather than the labels.
The group states their manifesto:
You can find more information here. Games and Technology (69 comments)
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actually_OFFENDS_me (October 7, 2008)
Another thing that actually OFFENDS me, which is hard to to these days, are the people who are pissed that musicians make money. The strange, slow, old people on punknews.org and the few annoying stragglers on this website. 1+ Reply
MrStylson (October 7, 2008)
The statement wasn't very clear. Are they against lawsuits over downloading, or do they just want a bigger chunk of the settlement checks? 1+ Reply
beerspitandblood (October 7, 2008)
dillinger 4 "c i v i l w a r" full stream on their myspae. 3+ Replies
the_creeps (October 7, 2008)
A noble effort, but try telling this to Sony, EMI, Universal, and Warner 2+ Replies
acris (October 7, 2008)
as much as I want this to succeed, I have a feeling it's not going to 2+ Replies
WYOR (October 7, 2008)
Anybody else here major in History? 18+ Replies
eran_zombis (October 7, 2008)
There is power in a union; please give me more money: 1+ Reply
Guy_Incognito (October 8, 2008)
Beware the Law of Unintended Consequences.
This is what happens when labels can no longer make money on simply selling music alone: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/arts/music/11leed.htm l If artists push for a legislative solution to increasing their share of album revenue and copyright control, they are going to create an artificial inefficiency in the market that will lead to more crap like this. Legislating the outcomes they want isn't going to work. How many times do you have to read about unintended consequences in history to realize that you can't legislate your way into the optimal market condition? Famous examples: 1) Gas Price Controls in the 70's led to gas shortages at the pump 2) Congress pushing Fannie Mae and Fr show rest of comment | Features
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