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Stephen Downes

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Major publishers and record labels - such as the RIAA - present themselves as fighting for the rights of creative artists. So why are some big name acts - including Elton John, No Doubt, Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks, Weezer, Dixie Chicks, Ozzy Osbourne and the Eagles - staging a series of five benefit concerts to fund a fight against the recording industry? Because artists, they say, are not getting their share of the royalties. Now this fight may be between musicians and record labels, but professors who are signing content deals with publishers ought to take note... because it's a lot harder for professors to fill concert hall with paying customers.

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