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Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry
eldavojohn writes "The funny thing about the RIAA & BPI is that the artists are just as tired as the fans with how online music is being handled. So they're trying something new called the Featured Artists' Coalition. FAC's site states in their charter: 'We believe that all music artistes should control their destiny because ultimately it is their art and endeavors that create the pleasure and emotion enjoyed by so many.' As digital releases are increasing, the artists aren't seeing any more money. With the advent of online distribution, are the traditional music industry functions of promotion, samples, radio, and marketing now nothing but costly overhead for the artists? From Iron Maiden to Kate Nash to Radiohead, some big names are backing this new organization."
Thanks for the idea. Tagging now...
One question answered...you can learn something here :(
Now why is my screen spazzing out when i mouse over the tags :/
Has anyone actually used the tags for anything?
lol
Anyways, back to the RIAA...no wait, back away from the RIAA...errr, where were we?
I'm guessing that they'll be rolling out tagging for non-story items, i.e. comments and journals.
Because they use a generic tag hierarchy, (http://slashdot.org/tag/lolcats), which could conceivably show stories, tags, and journals, having stories tagged as "story" could give you a way to filter out all the cruft that you don't want.