Licensing: has common sense broken out? Don't hold your breath.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A report on the working of the Licensing Act (2003) by the all-party Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport, presented to Parliament on 14 May 2009, says that music should not be treated as 'a d...

Some Gems For Your Collection
Thursday, October 16, 2008

"Combining the naked freedom of jazz improvisation and the alien crunch of digital mechanisms, his visionary music draws upon chaos theory and fractals while reinventing a variety of traditional inst...

The Worm Turns
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Are you a Musicians' Union 'Gold Card' member? Have you been informed that you're 'retired', even though you're not? Have you been told that you'll have to rejoin and pay the full subscription...

Entertainment Licensing - Give Me One Good Reason.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

It's been with us for more than three years now. The Licensing Act (2003) finally came into force in November 2005, just in time to cheer us up for Christmas. In case you've forgotten, this was the ...

Fifty-year copyright limit saved.
Friday, February 29, 2008

It seems that a rare outbreak of common sense has occurred at the European Union. On 27 March 2009 the Committee of Permanent Representatives (including Britain) would not agree to extend the period o...