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Steve Purdham

Why YouTube’s PRS Spat Is Just One Battle In The Coming Online Music War

Mar 12, 2009 5:47 PM

Google’s opposition to proposed new UK music rates may look like just public posturing, as private negotiations continue. But it’s only one instance of what may become an increasingly fractious tug ‘o war between online services and the music business in the next few months. Almost uniquely, YouTube’s 2007 blanket…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Legal, Companies, Google, YouTube, mark mulligan, prs for music, steve purdham, we7

@ EconMusic: Billy Bragg On Social Media: ‘Everyone’s Making A Shitload Of Money Except Us’

Sep 23, 2008 4:45 PM

Billy Bragg used our EconMusic conference in London to urge the emerging wave of web services to pay artists fairly for using their songs. “Everyone’s making a shitload of money, it seems, except the content providers,” said the singer-songwriter, who has previously criticised MySpace and MTV on artists’ rights and…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Events, ContentNext Events, EconMusic, angel gambino, billy bragg, danny rimer, marla shapiro, steve purdham

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