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Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:50 pm
by Gunner Recall
Love the thread title
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]
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:53 pm
by jrmy
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!
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:19 pm
by Ghost Hip
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
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:29 pm
by smile_man
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:44 pm
by ohsojayadeva
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.
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:03 pm
by Gunner Recall
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
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:50 pm
by V0id
Billy: I'll take all of your money!!
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:44 pm
by smile_man
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?
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:44 pm
by CliffBass
He's fucking badass, that new bill sounds very cool. God, I love his music even more now? I thinks.
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:56 pm
by WaveForm3
Seems like a good cause.
But honestly, ADS?!?!?!? WTF??!??!
Re: Mr. Corgan goes to Washington
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:38 am
by Antero
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.