Talk:SoundExchange

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Needs more mention of the fact that SoundExchange is actually a racket. They claim to have the authority to collect royalties "on behalf of" artists who haven't actually signed any agreement with them, and charge a fee to hand those royalties over. [1] 71.203.209.0 17:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Seconded. If they're "collecting on behalf" of someone who doesn't actually get money, how croooked is that?

Half of this page is blatantly copied from the Sound Exchange website. See http://www.soundexchange.com/about/about.html jasker 01:30, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Thirded. The multiple recent edits from DCMara smack of sockpuppetry.

Unfirsted and unseconded. Congress and the Copyright Office have authorized SoundExchange to collect and distribute royalties based on the statutory license for digital transmissions. No "fee" is charged to receive royalties- an administrative fee is deducted before they are distributed, but that is common for all royalty collections around the world. It is a legitimate, non-profit organization. Read the actual determination from the Copyright Royalty Board - the group that actually creates the rates and terms for people using the license. [2]. Anyone calling SoundExchange a "racket" should spend less time denigrating and more time looking up their facts.

Edited some bias in recent accusations of illegal lobbying. DCMara 15:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)DCMara Added articles of reference DCMara 18:27, 17 August 2007 (UTC)DCMara

Clarified language regarding SoundExchange funding of musicFIRST, and in the purpose section. DCMara 22:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)DCMara

Someone keeps adding the word "promotional" to "funding", and they shouldn't, since it is a limiting and inaccurate modifying description. DCMara 13:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)DCMara

[edit] Needs less bias

In reading this article, the first thought that entered my head was "who wrote this puff piece?" This thing reads like it was written by SoundExchange themselves. Certainly with all the controversy surrounding this group over the past year, some of this could be added to the article? --Fightingirish (talk) 22:53, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Someone needs to fix this page. SoundExchange is a racket, and how is a mandatory 10% bookkeepers fee for all performance royalties non-profit? --71.229.204.25 (talk) 01:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)