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The £100m Reggae Robbery: Part 3
Below is the final installment of a three-part report, originally published in New Nation newspaper in 2004, exposing how record companies and so-called ‘collection societies’ deprived reggae artists of millions of pounds in publishing and royalty revenues. Read part one … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute Reggae, ADAMI, André Bertrand, Bob Andy, Bunny Lee, Bunny Wailer, Charley Records, collection societies, Culture Press, EMI, Enzo Hamilton, Esoldun, European Commission, European law, France, Germany, Jimmy Cliff, John Holt, Marcia Griffiths, MCPS, record companies, record labels, SCPP, SPEDIDAM, Trojan Records
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The £100m Reggae Robbery
Below is the first of a three-part report, originally published in New Nation newspaper in 2004, exposing how record companies and so-called ‘collection societies’ deprived reggae artists of millions of pounds in publishing and royalty revenues.
Posted in Features
Tagged Absolute Reggae, ADAMI, André Bertrand, Beenie Man, Bob Marley Estate, Bob Marley Live in France, Bunny Lee, Burning Spear, collection societies, copyright, Culture Press, Definite Publishing, Elephant Man, EMI, Enzo Hamilton, Freddie McGregor, Get Busy, Horace Andy, intellectual property, Island Records, Jimmy Cliff, John Murray-Smith, licensing, Max Romeo, Millie Smalls, My Boy Lollipop, publishing, Sean Paul, Sly and Robbie, The Harder They Come, Trojan Records, Virgin Records, War Ina Babylon, Winston McAnuff, You Can Get It If You Really Want
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