Pink Floyd critical of Pandora internet radio aims - All Pink Floyd Fan ...

USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...olumn/2447445/) have just published an open letter from David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, who are critical over the push by internet radio station Pandora to get artists' royalties slashed.The open letter from David, Roger and Nick states: Great music can inspire deep emotions, and businesses have long sought to harness this power in order to make money. Nothing wrong with that ? everyone deserves to make a living ? but too often it leads to less than scrupulous behavior. The latest example is how Pandora is pushing for a special law in Congress to slash musicians' royalties ? and the tactics they are using to trick artists into supporting this unfair cut in pay. It's a matter of principle for us. We hope that many online and mobile music services can give fans and artists the music they want, when they want it, at price points that work. But those same services should fairly pay the artists and creators who make the music at the core of their businesses. For almost all working musicians, it's also a question of economic survival. Nearly 90% of the artists who get a check for digital play receive less than $5,000 a year. They cannot afford the 85% pay cut Pandora asked Congress to impose on the music community.

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