Last modified: 2023-05-15

Music sucks

Copyright industry is ruining the music and musicians

• Music Collection Org: Revenues are booming ... and that's proof why we need even more draconian copyright laws

  • TLDR: The annual revenue reports show record hight profits. But it is not enough, they want more!

• Music Piracy Continues To Drop Dramatically, But The Industry Hates To Admit That Because It Ruins The Narrative

  • TLDR: The piracy is dropping, but industry refuses to acknowledge it.

• Major Labels Claim Copyright Over Public Domain Songs; YouTube Punishes Musician

  • TLDR: Musician Dave Colvin makes music, but gets slammed with copyright claims.

• RIAA Launches Brand New Front Group Pretending To Represent Independent Artists

Fight against copyright

• Attempt To Put Every Musical Melody Into The Public Domain Demonstrates Craziness Of Modern Copyright
  • TLDR: There is a limited number of possible melodies to be made, and to copyright-claim them is stupid (common practice nowadays). So Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin create a program to generate all possible melodies and put them into public domain to shield musicians from copyright claims.
• Tom Lehrer, Still Awesome, Releases Lyrics Into The Public Domain

Questionable

• Another Acquisition: Epic May Be Moving Beyond Just Gaming By Acquiring Bandcamp
  • Why I love Bandcamp: Waived-fee Fridays, solid app, no DRM, more