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‘Legacy artists’ are still waiting for respect from music streaming services — and a new law might offer it
Performers and singers whose recordings pre-date a 1972 change to US copyright law receive no royalty payments when their works are streamed on today’s digital music platforms. Musicians, performing-rights organizations, and now even Congress, are working to rectify that.
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Pandora’s Jukebox
Kurt takes a look inside Pandora ? a music website that creates personalized streaming radio stations based on your favorite music ? with founder Tim Westergren. And Los Angeles Times critic Ann Powers helps Kurt test the system’s mettle, trying to build a station that caters to fans of both Yo-Yo Ma and Ludacris.
Pandora’s Jukebox & Racy Operas
Kurt Andersen talks with the founder of Pandora, the internet jukebox that makes custom radio stations just for you. But can it make a station that plays both Ludacris and Yo-Yo Ma? The legacy of a little-known Hungarian émigré composer becomes a life-long obsession for one man. And when the flutist Tim Munro is on […]
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