Mr. Corgan goes to Washington

Gunner Recall · Post by **Gunner Recall** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:50 pm

Love the thread title :lol:

I guess that new Visa commercial didn't pay the bills

(actually I'd support the artist getting paid more for radio play...kudos billy)

oh and if you haven't seen it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xRtI64yKY[/youtube]

jrmy · Post by **jrmy** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:53 pm

Interesting... without looking too deeply into the stuff at stake, I have to say I'm down with Billy on this one. The music publishing & royalty laws in this country are arcane, weird, and largely anachronistic. Bringing them up to date is a good cause... I'm sure everyone would have a different idea of where to start, but at the end of the day, you just gotta start somewhere.

... and I have to say, he looks rather dashing in that suit! :cool:

Ghost Hip · Post by **Ghost Hip** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:19 pm

jrmy wrote:Interesting... without looking too deeply into the stuff at stake, I have to say I'm down with Billy on this one. The music publishing & royalty laws in this country are arcane, weird, and largely anachronistic. Bringing them up to date is a good cause... I'm sure everyone would have a different idea of where to start, but at the end of the day, you just gotta start somewhere.

... and I have to say, he looks rather dashing in that suit!

Ditto.

Someone posted this on the pumpkins.net only with no article just a picture. I was like "wtf...you can't just put up a picture with no article."

thanks devi.

Here's the testimonial: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf ... 090310.pdf

smile_man · Post by **smile_man** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:29 pm

ohsojayadeva · Post by **ohsojayadeva** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:44 pm

i agree with his stance here, and i also wonder if it's going to cause anyone to rethink him as an egomaniac. being the author most of the SP catalog, he isn't hurt by the current law.

Gunner Recall · Post by **Gunner Recall** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:03 pm

He was in washington a week or two before in support of the live nation ticketmaster merger, something which I think could be disastrous.

I support the radio bill, but a tickermaster/live nation already has a sorta monopoly...this would only make it worse

V0id · Post by **V0id** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:50 pm

Billy: I'll take all of your money!!

smile_man · Post by **smile_man** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:44 pm

jdavyd wrote:i agree with his stance here, and i also wonder if it's going to cause anyone to rethink him as an egomaniac. being the author most of the SP catalog, he isn't hurt by the current law.

Are you aware of the "Billy the Egomaniac" web comic? :dance:

CliffBass · Post by **CliffBass** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:44 pm

He's fucking badass, that new bill sounds very cool. God, I love his music even more now? I thinks.

WaveForm3 · Post by **WaveForm3** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:56 pm

Seems like a good cause.

But honestly, ADS?!?!?!? WTF??!??!

Antero · Post by **Antero** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:38 am

Man, Corgan said some ass-backwards industry crap while he was there. Supporting the Ticketmaster/LiveNation merger? I guess he just loves anything that promises to bleed even more money out of audiences.

And if you think royalty laws are arcane now, imagine the sort of clusterfuck that could be created by a system where radio needs to pay royalties to the specific artists... not to mention, from a legal perspective, it's completely interfering with previously created contractual arrangements.

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