techdirt.com — 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.
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Closed AccountAug 17, 2006
It's too bad their site looks exactly like The Register's... makes it a little hard to take them too seriously.
cbizAug 17, 2006
Stop suing consumers and I will buy music. Till then, in case you record boys have not figured it out..I can find ton's of legal music without BPI/RIAA support.
starmanjonesAug 18, 2006
now i guess we can kill RIAA by getting the artists to support filesharing. RIAA breaks their contracts with the act of not marketing them. done. RIAA is dead. Artists are free from their contracts and make more money. i like it.
starmanjonesAug 18, 2006
maybe we could help the process along by signing an online letter of intent to stop filesharing and support artists that support filesharing. if RIAA has stated this as a policy then it wouldn't take much for an artist to accept that RIAA will axe them and say RIAA is in breach of contract. i mean... if RIAA says they going to and demonstrated that they will then done deal.
mushroomqueenAug 20, 2006
Oh, please. I'm pretty sure that the spokesman for BPI didn't just decide to sign up for Digg so he could make an unofficial statement about the "real story". Get a life, imposter.
mushroomqueenAug 20, 2006
The point isn't about whether or not she's a good singer..it's about beaurocracy crushing any form of resistance..including any from 12-year-old musicians. Way to go, BPI.
crankymcguyAug 20, 2006
@spyrochaeteAre you kidding me? Artists who play music for money are just hobos holding out their hats? Real artists don't do it for the money? You must enjoy perpetuating the starving artist lifestyle. After all, REAL artists enjoy slaving over their works so pinheads like you can consume for free. They don't need to eat, pay bills, or muck about with all those mundane trifles. Still, you've got me thinking. I wonder how much YOU enjoy working for free? Maybe it's time you moved out of your Mum's basement and stopped leaching off your parents' table?
blindreticleAug 20, 2006
I've said it once and I'll say it again.Bastards.
peterbruffSep 9, 2006
Goddamn the RIAA! Keep it Creative Commons, download The Kazoo Funk Orchestra album for free from www.kazoofunk.co.uk/music.html