{"id":1429,"date":"2012-02-28T20:10:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T20:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/02\/28\/record-labels-hope-qwork-for-hireq-rules-allow-them-to-screw-artists-again\/"},"modified":"2012-02-28T20:10:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T20:10:18","slug":"record-labels-hope-qwork-for-hireq-rules-allow-them-to-screw-artists-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/02\/28\/record-labels-hope-qwork-for-hireq-rules-allow-them-to-screw-artists-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Labels Hope &#8220;Work For Hire&#8221; Rules Allow Them To Screw Artists Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/991.com\/newGallery\/Billy-Idol-Idolize-Yourself-444083.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"156\" height=\"138\" \/><br \/>To anyone who has followed the music  industry, it comes as no surprise to learn that artists with major labels have  very lopsided contracts where they usually get a few pennies for every dollar  major labels collect. (Often they have to fight even for those few pennies.) A  few years back Congress changed copyright law so that these long-suffering  artists can reclaim ownership of their works after 35 years. That&#8217;s a long time  to suffer, but at least there&#8217;s some relief.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">More &amp; A List  Of Artists<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2013, rights of certain songs can  revert to the original artist, meaning they&#8217;ll get all future royalties instead  of the record label they originally signed with. The one big exception is if the  song is a &#8220;work for hire&#8221; &#8211; commissioned by an organization and not the  independent work of another party. (This is an overly simplified explanation but  hopefully you get the point.) Sadly for artists, record labels have fraudulently  declared many songs as &#8220;works for hire&#8221; allowing the labels to keep ownership.  Artists in this category will be screwed forever.<\/p>\n<p>For technical legal reasons this is at issue in the upcoming MP3tunes trial,  but there are implications for ALL artists. If this incorrect designation holds  up, then these artists will never get ownership and the future royalties that  comes along with it. In the MP3tunes case we have chance to get a ruling that  these works are NOT works for hire, paving the way for these works to be  returned to the artist without a multi-year battle which will likely cost  millions (since MP3tunes has already gone through much of this).<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m looking for is an artist who has the courage to stand up on this  issue and claim their works, laying the groundwork for them and ALL artists who  share their plight to take ownership in the near future and escape this slavery.  (Rather like Curt Flood did battling to get free agency for baseball players:  See The Curious Case of Curt Flood which should have been called the Courage  Case of Curt Flood.)<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of artists that EMI is trying to claim perpetual licenses of  their works. It is not a complete list of artists that are screwed forever and  these are only artists signed to EMI. (Other labels have engaged in the same  unscrupulous behavior.) If you know any of these artists or managers or legal  representation, please pass on my contact info or send me their contact info and  I&#8217;ll follow up with them: michael@michaelrobertson.com, 858-344-6911. I&#8217;m hoping  to find a couple artists will to provide evidence to the court on this important  issue. Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n<p>Screwed  FOREVER Artist List: <br \/>Artists Whose Sound Recordings  Appear to Have Been Registered as Works for Hire by EMI<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>22-20s <br \/>30 Seconds to Mars <br \/>A Fine Frenzy <br \/>A Perfect Circle  <br \/>Ace Troubleshooter <br \/>Acetone <br \/>Acoustic Alchemy <br \/>Adam Ant <br \/>Adrian  Belew <br \/>Air <br \/>Air Traffic <br \/>Alejandro Escovedo <br \/>Alex Bugnon  <br \/>Alexandre Pires <br \/>Alpha <br \/>Alpinestars <br \/>Alvaro Torres <br \/>Amanda Perez  <br \/>Amen <br \/>Amos Lee <br \/>Amy Grant <br \/>Anberlin <br \/>Andrew Hill <br \/>Andy Andy  <br \/>Anne Murray <br \/>Anoushka Shankar <br \/>April Wine <br \/>Arrested Development  <br \/>Art Pepper <br \/>Asleep at the Wheel <br \/>Aslyn <br \/>At the Drive-In <br \/>Athlete  <br \/>Audio Adrenaline <br \/>Audio Bullys <br \/>Babylon Zoo <br \/>Bad Brains <br \/>Badly  Drawn Boy <br \/>Bare Jr. <br \/>Basement Jaxx <br \/>Be Bop Deluxe <br \/>Beastie Boys  <br \/>BeBe &amp; CeCe Winans <br \/>Beenie Man <br \/>Belinda <br \/>Ben Folds Five <br \/>Ben  Harper <br \/>Bentley Rhythm Ace <br \/>Bernadette Peters <br \/>Beth Orton <br \/>Bill  Charlap <br \/>Bill Charlap Trio <br \/>Bill Evans <br \/>Bill Nelson <br \/>Billie  <br \/>Billy Dean <br \/>Billy Idol <br \/>Billy McLaughlin <br \/>Billy Squier <br \/>Black 47  <br \/>Black Rebel Motorcycle Club <br \/>Blessid Union of Souls <br \/>Blind Melon  <br \/>Blondie <br \/>Blue Six <br \/>Blur <br \/>Bob Belden <br \/>Bob Mould <br \/>Bob Seger  <br \/>Bob Seger &amp; the Silver Bullet Band <br \/>Bob Welch <br \/>Bobby McFerrin  <br \/>Bobby Pulido <br \/>Bobby Vee <br \/>Body Count <br \/>Bonnie Raitt  <br \/>Boogiemonsters <br \/>Boy George <br \/>Boz Scaggs <br \/>Breaks Co-op <br \/>Brendan  Benson <br \/>Brooke Valentine <br \/>Brother Cane <br \/>Bryan Ferry <br \/>Butthole  Surfers <br \/>Caesars <br \/>Captain Beefheart <br \/>Carlos Ponce <br \/>Carlos Vives  <br \/>Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine <br \/>Cassandra Wilson <br \/>Cassius  <br \/>Celtic Woman <br \/>Channel Live <br \/>Charlie Hunter <br \/>Charlie Hunter &amp;  Pound for Pound <br \/>Charlie Hunter Quartet <br \/>Charlie Hunter Trio <br \/>Cherish  <br \/>Chet Baker <br \/>China Crisis <br \/>Chingy <br \/>Chris Cagle <br \/>Clifford Brown  <br \/>Coldplay <br \/>Concrete Blonde <br \/>Control <br \/>Corey Hart <br \/>Corinne Bailey  Rae <br \/>Cracker <br \/>Crowded House <br \/>Crystal Gayle <br \/>D Generation <br \/>Daft  Punk <br \/>D&#8217;Angelo <br \/>Daniela Romo <br \/>Dave Koz <br \/>Dave Navarro <br \/>David Bowie  <br \/>David Lanz <br \/>David Sylvian <br \/>dc Talk <br \/>Dean Martin <br \/>Deana Carter  <br \/>Delirious? <br \/>Dexter Gordon <br \/>Dianne Reeves <br \/>Dierks Bentley  <br \/>Digable Planets <br \/>Dilated Peoples <br \/>Dion <br \/>Don Byron <br \/>Don McLean  <br \/>Don Ross <br \/>Doves <br \/>Dr. John <br \/>Dread Zeppelin <br \/>Duran Duran <br \/>Dwele  <br \/>Eazy-E <br \/>El Coyote y su Banda Tierra Santa <br \/>Eliane Elias <br \/>Ella Baila  Sola <br \/>Emerson Hart <br \/>EMF <br \/>Emilio <br \/>Enrique Bunbury <br \/>Eric Johnson  <br \/>Erlend \u00c3\u02dcye <br \/>Everclear <br \/>Everette Harp <br \/>Faith Evans <br \/>Fatboy Slim  <br \/>Fats Domino <br \/>Fito Olivares <br \/>Fluke <br \/>Fountains of Wayne <br \/>Frank  Sinatra <br \/>Freddie Jackson <br \/>Fun Lovin&#8217; Criminals <br \/>Further Seems Forever  <br \/>Gary Bartz <br \/>Generation X <br \/>George Clinton <br \/>George Michael <br \/>Gerry  Rafferty <br \/>Glen Campbell <br \/>Gomez <br \/>Gong <br \/>Gorillaz <br \/>Graciela Beltran  <br \/>Grand Funk Railroad <br \/>Great White <br \/>Greg Osby <br \/>Grupo Modelo <br \/>Guru  <br \/>Heart <br \/>Helen Reddy <br \/>Herbie Hancock <br \/>Heroes del Silencio <br \/>Hole  <br \/>Holly Cole <br \/>Holly Cole Trio <br \/>Horace Silver <br \/>Hot Chip <br \/>Huey Lewis  <br \/>Hunters &amp; Collectors <br \/>Ice Cube <br \/>Idaho <br \/>Ideal <br \/>Idlewild  <br \/>Iggy Pop <br \/>Ima Robot <br \/>Intocable <br \/>J.J. Cale <br \/>Jacky Terrasson  <br \/>James Iha <br \/>Jan &amp; Dean <br \/>Jane&#8217;s Addiction <br \/>Janet Jackson  <br \/>Jarabe de Palo <br \/>Jason Moran <br \/>Jellyfish <br \/>Jesse Cook <br \/>Jethro Tull  <br \/>Jimmy Eat World <br \/>Joe Cocker <br \/>Joe Henderson <br \/>Joe Jackson <br \/>Joe  Lovano <br \/>John Berry <br \/>John Lennon <br \/>John Scofield <br \/>Johnny Rivers  <br \/>Johnny Smith <br \/>Jon Secada <br \/>Joss Stone <br \/>Judy Garland <br \/>Julia  Fordham <br \/>June Christy <br \/>Katrina &amp; the Waves <br \/>Katy Perry <br \/>Keely  Smith <br \/>Keith Green <br \/>Keith Urban <br \/>Kelis <br \/>Kenny Rogers <br \/>Kenny  Werner <br \/>Keren Ann <br \/>Keri Noble <br \/>Killing Joke <br \/>King Kobra <br \/>Kings of  Convenience <br \/>Kooks <br \/>Kraftwerk <br \/>KT Tunstall <br \/>Kurt Elling <br \/>Kylie  Minogue <br \/>LCD Soundsystem <br \/>Lena Horne <br \/>Lenny Kravitz <br \/>Leo Kottke  <br \/>Less Than Jake <br \/>Lily Allen <br \/>Lisa Marie Presley <br \/>Liza Minnelli  <br \/>Lloyd Cole <br \/>Lloyd Cole and the Commotions <br \/>Los Prisioneros <br \/>Lou  Rawls <br \/>Low <br \/>Low Millions <br \/>Luke Bryan <br \/>Luscious Jackson <br \/>Luther  Vandross <br \/>Luz Casal <br \/>Mack 10 <br \/>Manic Street Preachers <br \/>Marcy  Playground <br \/>Margaret Whiting <br \/>Mariachi Sol de Mexico <br \/>Mariah Carey  <br \/>Massive Attack <br \/>Master P <br \/>Matt Monro <br \/>Maxi Priest <br \/>Mazzy Star  <br \/>McCoy Tyner <br \/>MD.45 <br \/>Medeski, Martin &amp; Wood <br \/>Megadeth  <br \/>Melanie C <br \/>Meredith Brooks <br \/>Merle Haggard <br \/>Michel Petrucciani  <br \/>Mike Oldfield <br \/>MIMS <br \/>Mink DeVille <br \/>Minnie Riperton <br \/>Missing  Persons <br \/>Morningwood <br \/>Mose Allison <br \/>N.E.R.D. <br \/>Najee <br \/>Nancy Wilson  <br \/>Neneh Cherry <br \/>New Grass Revival <br \/>Newsboys <br \/>Nikka Costa <br \/>Norah  Jones <br \/>OK Go <br \/>Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark <br \/>Oscar Lopez <br \/>Over  It <br \/>Paloma San Basilio <br \/>Pat Benatar <br \/>Pat Martino <br \/>Paul McCartney  <br \/>Paul McCartney &amp; Wings <br \/>Paul Westerberg <br \/>Paula Abdul <br \/>Perry  Farrell <br \/>Pet Shop Boys <br \/>Phil Woods <br \/>Phoenix <br \/>Photek <br \/>Pieces of a  Dream <br \/>Pink Floyd <br \/>Pirates of the Mississippi <br \/>Placebo <br \/>Plasmatics  <br \/>Poison <br \/>Priscilla Ahn <br \/>Project 86 <br \/>Q-Burns Abstract Message  <br \/>Queensryche <br \/>R.E.M. <br \/>Rachelle Ferrell <br \/>Radiohead <br \/>Raphael  <br \/>Raul Midon <br \/>Red Hot Chili Peppers <br \/>Richard Ashcroft <br \/>Richard Elliot  <br \/>Richard Marx <br \/>Ricky Fante <br \/>Right Said Fred <br \/>Robbie Williams  <br \/>Robert Glasper <br \/>Robert Palmer <br \/>Robin Trower <br \/>Rod Stewart <br \/>Rodney  Carrington <br \/>Ron Carter <br \/>Ronny Jordan <br \/>Rosanne Cash <br \/>Roxette <br \/>Roxy  Music <br \/>Roy D. Mercer <br \/>Royal Trux <br \/>Royksopp <br \/>Russ Ballard <br \/>Sam  Butera <br \/>Sam Phillips <br \/>Sammie <br \/>Sammy Hagar <br \/>Saosin <br \/>Sarah  Brightman <br \/>Scritti Politti <br \/>Selena <br \/>Sheena Easton <br \/>Shelby Lynne  <br \/>Shonen Knife <br \/>Sia <br \/>Sinead O&#8217;Connor <br \/>Sondre Lerche <br \/>Sonny James  <br \/>Soraya <br \/>Soul II Soul <br \/>Spacetime Continuum <br \/>Sparklehorse  <br \/>Spearhead <br \/>Spice Girls <br \/>Stan Kenton <br \/>Stanley Jordan <br \/>Starflyer  59 <br \/>Starsailor <br \/>Stefon Harris <br \/>Steriogram <br \/>Steve Miller <br \/>Steve  Miller Band <br \/>Steve Wariner <br \/>Steve Winwood <br \/>Susan Ashton <br \/>Suzanne  Vega <br \/>Suzy Bogguss <br \/>Tangerine Dream <br \/>Tanya Tucker <br \/>Teddy Thompson  <br \/>Terence Blanchard <br \/>The Band <br \/>The Beta Band <br \/>The Bird and the Bee  <br \/>The Chemical Brothers <br \/>The Chipmunks <br \/>The Cramps <br \/>The Dandy Warhols  <br \/>The Decemberists <br \/>The Future Sound of London <br \/>The Geraldine Fibbers  <br \/>The Highwaymen <br \/>The Human League <br \/>The Immortals <br \/>The Juliana Theory  <br \/>The Knack <br \/>The Magic Numbers <br \/>The Misfits <br \/>The Monochrome Set  <br \/>The Motels <br \/>The Music <br \/>The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band <br \/>The Proclaimers  <br \/>The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus <br \/>The Rolling Stones <br \/>The Smashing Pumpkins  <br \/>The Smithereens <br \/>The Stooges <br \/>The Stranglers <br \/>The Thrills <br \/>The  Ventures <br \/>The Verve <br \/>The Vines <br \/>The Wallflowers <br \/>The Wood Brothers  <br \/>Tim Wilson <br \/>Tin Machine <br \/>Tina Turner <br \/>Tobymac <br \/>Tom Robinson Band  <br \/>Tony Bennett <br \/>Tony Levin <br \/>Trace Adkins <br \/>Tru <br \/>Turin Brakes  <br \/>Twila Paris <br \/>UB40 <br \/>Unbelievable Truth <br \/>U-Roy <br \/>Us3 <br \/>Van Hunt  <br \/>Vanessa-Mae <br \/>Vanilla Ice <br \/>Vas <br \/>Vic Chesnutt <br \/>Vinnie Vincent  Invasion <br \/>Vixen <br \/>W.A.S.P. <br \/>Warren Zevon <br \/>Was (Not Was) <br \/>Wayne  Newton <br \/>West Indian Girl <br \/>Whale <br \/>White Town <br \/>Willie &amp; Lobo  <br \/>Wilson Phillips <br \/>World Party <br \/>Yellowcard <br \/>Ziggy Marley  <br \/>ZOEgirl<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Note:  Michael Robertson has done battle with major  labels for decades. Universal took his mp3.com to court and eventually bought  the digital music innovator.  More recently. Robertson&#8217;s Mp3tunes has been in  court with EMI.<\/p>\n<p>Source: MP3.COM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To anyone who has followed the music industry, it comes as no surprise to learn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}