Talkin’ About My Revolutions

Whaddya mean you’ve never heard of T. Rex, The Flaming Lips, A Flock of Seagulls or even Andy Lau?

If the RIAA-formed SoundExchange cannot locate the artists [and it's a super-long list of them] by December 15, 2006, all the performance royalties collected from 1996 to 2000 on the artists’ behalf will be forfeited and SoundExchange gets to keep them. Songwriters and musicians get royalties when their music is played in public, on the radio or in clubs. With the advent of Internet radio and digital cable broadcasts, performers are also entitled to royalties. SoundExchange collects these.

Click here for the article, The Money Belongs to the Artists Who Created the Music, by lawyer Fred Wilhelms.