Pink Floyd pupils claim royalties
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Former schoolchildren who sang on Pink Floyd&#39;s 1979 single Another Brick in The Wall have begun action for unpaid royalties. Royalties expert Peter Rowan said he was appealing on behalf of one former pupil and was working with others.
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More than 4,500 recording artists sign a newspaper advert calling for an extension of sound recordings copyright.
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Almost five decades after JRR Tolkien sold the rights to The Lord of the Rings for £100 to cover a tax bill, the film producer Saul Zaentz, who now collects the royalties, is suing the makers of the film trilogy for £11 million.
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- Officials from ASCAP today indicated they intend to pursue music royalties from the organizers of Burning Man, an artist's gathering and celebration held over the Labor Day holiday near Reno, NV.   The unconventional event, held annually since 1986, has never paid fees for any of the music played at the event, says ASCAP.  "We intend to pursue all available avenues to get this issue resolved," said Tony Wilcox, ASCAP spokesperson.
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Pupils in England will learn more about how food is grown and how it reaches the consumer in a new  scheme.
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The British Department for Education and Skills (DfES) recently launched a "Music Manifesto" campaign, with the ostensible intention of educating the next generation of British musicians. Unfortunately, they also teamed up with the music industry (EMI, and various artists) to make this popular. EMI has apparently negotiated their end well, so that children in our schools will now be indoctrinated about the illegality of downloading music.The ignorance and audacity of this got to me a little, so I wrote an open letter to the DfES about it. Unfortunately, it's pedantic, as I suppose you have to be when writing to goverment representatives. But I hope you find it useful, and perhaps feel inspired to do something similar, if or when the same thing has happened in your area.
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Grammy Awards won by the Beatles and Sir Paul McCartney are to be auctioned in California.
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Former children who sang on Pink Floyd's Another Brick in The Wall begin action over unpaid royalties.
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Group launches ninth wave of "prelitigation" letters, offering students and personnel the chance to settle copyright infringement claims out of court "at a discounted rate."
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. (antiMUSIC) &quot;We all need some compensation,&quot; says a group of former London state school kids that sang the famous chorus &quot;We don&#39;t need no education&quot; in Pink Floyd&#39;s &quot;Another Brick In The Wall.
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Guitarist David Gilmour wowed  audiences on his 2006 world tour with a band that featured  keyboardist and fellow Pink Floyd member Rick Wright and a set  list tilted toward the hardcore Floyd fan.
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"We're going to give the album away." That's how Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke explains the decision to offer his band's new record as a name-your-price digital download. Is this the future of music? Wired sends David Byrne to Oxford to learn more.
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Pupils in England are being promised at least five hours of "high-quality cultural activities" a week.
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A British copyright enforcement firm hired by Prince and the Village People says it can provide a solution for musical artists worried about songs appearing in YouTube videos.
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p2pnet.net News:- In a different kind of &#39;royalties&#39; fight, a lawyer representing one of the kids from north London âs Islington Green School who were in the background choir for Pink Floyd&#39;s The Wall album, says the Floyd owe the kids money.
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Legendary British rock band The Who  is reaching out to a new generation of listeners.
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The youngsters who sang the chorus in The Wall may be pushing middle age today but they stand to collect a tidy little sum for their vocal contribution to the Pink Floyd rock opera.