Copyright issues are nothing new. I’m sure a lot of you remember the “Home-taping kills music” logo – but did you care much about the discussion going on then? Here are some scans on the topic – all of them found in old music magazines from your favorite decade.
A comment sent in by a reader of Smash Hits (April 29-May 12, 1982)
NME writes about greedy record companies and their one-sided single (June 5, 1982)
Some pro-piracy propaganda published in NME (Aug 27, 1983)
Musician International pushes for anti-piracy (December 1983)
Interesting article about the blurred line between promotional videos and music videos.
Brought to you by Melody Maker (May 24, 1986) and me ^^
Review of the book “Expensive Habits” dealing with record company vs. artist issues.
Melody Maker Sept 13, 1986.
And 25 years later, the arguments remain pretty much the same.
That was my first reaction too.