George Clinton wants to own his music
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George Clinton Fights For His Right To Funk
"Funk pioneer George Clinton is on a mission to win back the rights to some of his best-known work from the 1970s and '80s. It's a situation many artists have found themselves in ??? partly because of the complicated copyright laws that govern their work.
"In the late '70s Clinton's bands ??? Parliament and Funkadelic ??? racked up four No. 1 R&B hits, including the anthem "One Nation Under a Groove." "Atomic Dog" topped the R&B charts for four weeks in 1982 and was released on an album Rolling Stone named one of the 100 greatest albums of the decade. In 1997 Clinton and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his music has been sampled more than just about anyone's ??? with the exception of the late James Brown.
"But these days Clinton has had to turn to the Internet to raise money. "I thought that was a very good idea because lots of people are collecting the old records that we have," he says. "And it's a good way to get new records out." He raised more than his $50,000 goal in a recent campaign at Indie Gogo, which he'll use to restore and preserve his bands' original recordings and rebuild his studio."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/06/06/154451399/george-clinton-fights-for-his-right-to-funk
Last month, the Village People's Victor Willis won his case to reclaim his song rights. He invoked a provision of copyright law called ???termination rights,??? which gives recording artists and songwriters the ability to reacquire and administer their work themselves after 35 years have elapsed.
I'm thinking there will be a flood of musicians looking to reclaim their song rights. Are there any other artists fighting for their copyrights?
"Funk pioneer George Clinton is on a mission to win back the rights to some of his best-known work from the 1970s and '80s. It's a situation many artists have found themselves in ??? partly because of the complicated copyright laws that govern their work.
"In the late '70s Clinton's bands ??? Parliament and Funkadelic ??? racked up four No. 1 R&B hits, including the anthem "One Nation Under a Groove." "Atomic Dog" topped the R&B charts for four weeks in 1982 and was released on an album Rolling Stone named one of the 100 greatest albums of the decade. In 1997 Clinton and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his music has been sampled more than just about anyone's ??? with the exception of the late James Brown.
"But these days Clinton has had to turn to the Internet to raise money. "I thought that was a very good idea because lots of people are collecting the old records that we have," he says. "And it's a good way to get new records out." He raised more than his $50,000 goal in a recent campaign at Indie Gogo, which he'll use to restore and preserve his bands' original recordings and rebuild his studio."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/06/06/154451399/george-clinton-fights-for-his-right-to-funk
Last month, the Village People's Victor Willis won his case to reclaim his song rights. He invoked a provision of copyright law called ???termination rights,??? which gives recording artists and songwriters the ability to reacquire and administer their work themselves after 35 years have elapsed.
I'm thinking there will be a flood of musicians looking to reclaim their song rights. Are there any other artists fighting for their copyrights?
Comments
Hey pretty good for a rock band hahaha
Damn, maybe nobody wants to give him money cause of all the drug stuff?
Sad.
Damn, maybe nobody wants to give him money cause of all the drug stuff?
Sad.
pretty good for a Funk band hahaha
oh snap!
but so is Billie Holiday.