Featured Artists Coalition

Featured Artists Coalition Weighs in on Copyright Term Lengths

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2009 - 10:06am.

London - The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a lobbying group of U.K. musicians that includes Billy Bragg and members of Radiohead and Blur, has backed the U.K. government's official opposition to an EU-wide extension to copyright term lengths, Billboard reported.

Featured Artists Coalition Opposes Criminalizing File-Sharing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 13, 2009 - 10:15am.

London - The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group of U.K. artists including Billy Bragg and Radiohead that aims to give voice to musicians in industry issues, held its first meeting this week in London, and voted to oppose any laws that would criminalize music file-swapping. "If we follow the music industry down that road, we will be doing nothing more than being part of a protectionist effort. It's like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube," FAC board member Billy Bragg told the Independent.

U.K. Artists Enter Fray in Dispute Over YouTube Music Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 11, 2009 - 10:25am.

London - The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group of musicians aiming to garner more of a say in industry contracts that includes Billy Bragg, Robbie Williams, KT Tunstall and Radiohead, has come out against Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube in a dispute over licensing fees paid for music videos that recently saw YouTube pull most music videos from its U.K. site, the Times Online reported.

U.K. Musicians Form Coalition to Lobby for Artists' Rights

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2008 - 11:19am.

Manchester, England - A coalition of over 60 U.K. recording artists that includes Radiohead, Billy Bragg and Robbie Williams has been formed with the objective of lobbying for artists' rights in the digital age.

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