Comments on: Do As I Say Not As I Do http://www.richardcleaver.com/2009/12/08/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/ the journey Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Brad http://www.richardcleaver.com/2009/12/08/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-48862 Brad Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:04:47 +0000 http://www.richardcleaver.com/?p=3428#comment-48862 "the issue stems from a change to the law in the 1980s that eventually produced something known as the "pending list." Essentially, record companies no longer had to get a compulsory license every time they wanted to use a song for, say, a compilation album. Instead, they went ahead and used the song without waiting for authorization or making payment, adding the song to a list of music that is pending authorization and payment. If you're questioning whether you read that right, that basically means the record industries could use songs as long as they pinky swore they would get authorization and pay the artist for it eventually." http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/artists-lawsuit-major-record-labels-are-the-real-pirates.ars “the issue stems from a change to the law in the 1980s that eventually produced something known as the “pending list.” Essentially, record companies no longer had to get a compulsory license every time they wanted to use a song for, say, a compilation album. Instead, they went ahead and used the song without waiting for authorization or making payment, adding the song to a list of music that is pending authorization and payment. If you’re questioning whether you read that right, that basically means the record industries could use songs as long as they pinky swore they would get authorization and pay the artist for it eventually.”

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