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I think you're right. Here in Italy for something the situation is even worse. If I want to put some stuff I composed, produced and recorded on my site I'll have to pay the Italian rights organisation (SIAE), which will give it back to me (after a year or so) minus the 10%. If I don't pay it i'm legally persecutable for copyright infringement. Pretty sick, ain't it? Even more since the sum I should pay is almost 100$ for every single mp3 file, for every month I have on the net. This is the system here, but then I find that I have some stuff uploaded and selling on Vitaminic.it, which is the Italian server for Vitaminic, and in more than a year I haven't seen a single cent for it. I don't understand... if I put my music on the net I have to pay, but if a corporate music association does the same with my music I don't see a cent ???? And I don't mean money for the music sold, but for the copyright on my work, which, since it is an official italian site should be granted by the law.... I thought law should be equal to everyone, shouldn't it????? Then the same corporate powers tell us that Napster is illegal, that it is a fraud against the authors and their copyrights (and next they'll buy the site)..... ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 9:27 PM Subject: Re: OT: why musicians can't eat -- and why radio is so bad > Duh. > > Sorry for the sarcasm, but if anyone for a moment didn't realize this is how > the "biz" works, they are not paying attention. It peaks at the radio/retail > level, but this behavior starts when club owners make artists pay to > entertain their clients. I refuse to play in any venue that has ANY charge. > For a short time I allowed my band to be forced to rent PA gear that >clubs > claimed they did not own. They claimed that they had contracts with PA > owners in which they allowed the clubs to use their gear for free, but >the > catch was the bands were forced to "rent" this gear and pay an engineer. > Mostly, the engineer SUCKED, but we've been through that one already. I told > the booking people that I did not need any additional amplification and would > be happy to go sans PA, but was told we'd have to pay anyway. That was the > deal. > > This is where the rape starts. It's the fondling phase. If you stick > around, eventually you're getting it full force from behind. > > This is why I feel that it is very important to put your stuff on the web for > free. I've had the idea that groups of non pro musicians should supply area > DJs with material in return for mention on promo lit. USE the internet and > word of mouth to promote yourself. Screw RADIO and record companies. > They're already dead but don't know it. This is why record companies are > really afraid of Napster. It's something that they can't control. The > reason radio sounds like it does is because lawyers are choosing your music. > If enough people can start finding music that they enjoy on the internet, > eventually demand of good music will force record companies to change or > die. When promotion is almost free, there is no longer a need for a > "gatekeeper." I have faith that people can make their own choices. > > Fight. > > Mark Sottilaro > > > Tom Ritchford wrote: > > > Musicians can't eat because the money is being stolen. > > > > <http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/03/14/payola/index.html> > > <http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/07/24/urban_radio/index.html> > > <http://www.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/> > > > > I feel a little sick... > > > > -- > > > > I am the rarebit. >