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What's Wrong With Radio
Artist Rights And Record Companies
States Sue Labels Over Price Fixing
C’right Change Spells Trouble For Artists
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"In Our Own Game"
Artist's Rights In The System Of Wrongs
The Bigger Story

What's Wrong With Radio
With corporate ownership and a new form of payola strangling playlists, listeners are tuning out.
Written by Greg Kot, Rolling Stone Magazine.

Artist Rights And Record Companies
A Message 2 Artists from Courtney Love

States Sue Record Labels Over Price Fixing
The corporate cultural monopoly gets xposed!

EAVESDROPPING ON THE WEB:
These linx do not speak 4 the NPG Music Club nor do we 100% agree or disagree with what they have 2 say. They r here as a resource & more fuel 4 discussion. Injoy:

  • Foul Play for Airplay? - Cleveland Times
  • Labels Singing the Blues Over Expensive Failures - Latimes.com
  • Music Label Services' Debut Lackluster - Reuters
  • Independence Day for Indie Bands - Wired.com

  • Songwriters Sue MusicCity.com - Reuters
  • Q&A with Ray Charles: Bank Statements on My Mind - VH1.com
  • Record Industry Sues Morpheus And Other Decentralized File-Sharing Services - Sonicnet
  • Courtney Love suit vs. Universal to go to trial - Reuters
  • Singers testify on record contracts - Jam Showbiz

  • Pop stars slam record contracts at Calif. hearing - Reuters
  • Dixie Chicks sue record label for fraud - Reuters
  • Cowboy Junkies claim victory in 'Best Of' battle - Jam Showbiz
  • Payola City - Salon.com
  • Alanis: Major Label System 'Not Working' - Billboard.com

  • Sony Sues the Dixie Chicks - Country.com
  • Music stores wary of labels' rise online - News.com
  • Ani Difranco doing it her way - CNN.com
  • Pay for play - Salon.com
  • Courtney Love Seeks to Rock Record Labels' Contract Policy - LA TIMES

  • Labels brace for post-Napster music world - Yahoo.com
  • A Word About The So-Called "Ultimate Collection" - AimeeMann.com
  • Why technology can't stop music piracy - ZDnet.com
  • George Clinton Denied Rights To His Own Work - MTV.com
  • Garbage Sues Universal Music Group Over 'Monopolistic, Strong-Arm Tactics' - CDnow.com

  • A Letter from Lester Chambers - Rapstation.com
  • The Ghetto Matrix - Blackfilm.com
  • Fear of Music - CityPages.com
  • The Problem With Music by Steve Albini - Negativland.com
  • Courtney Love Does The Math - Salon
    • Updated 12/30/01