Today's NYT.com Copyright article

[standardtunes]

Great piece in which the reporter follows a BMI enforcer to a little bar. Dolly Parton quoted as follows, defending songwriters: Ain't nobody got so much money they don't want what's coming to them. Here's the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/magaz ... -t.html?hp

[guscave]

Great Article. It surprised me to see that sometimes it can take up to 10 years to get paid from some of these places. Many clubs down here don't even last a season.

[FMstereo]

What an interesting article. Shame there's such a disconnect between people saying singers and songwriters should be paid, but the difficulty in getting people to actually pay what they're required to.

Cheers