Major labels are reportedly “overhauling contracts” for newly signed artists, with some now restricting artists from re-recording their music no earlier than 10 years or more after leaving the label.
Crazy how the solution to someone like Taylor Swift getting an investor’s share of her own music is to further firewall artists from the revenue of their art.
I’m sure someone could say something on this, if they were interested in calculating the real value of labor.
It really is a perfect example of the way that “intellectual property” as a concept has been far more effective at stealing the work of artists rather than protecting their claim to it.
Crazy how the solution to someone like Taylor Swift getting an investor’s share of her own music is to further firewall artists from the revenue of their art.
I’m sure someone could say something on this, if they were interested in calculating the real value of labor.
It really is a perfect example of the way that “intellectual property” as a concept has been far more effective at stealing the work of artists rather than protecting their claim to it.