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.
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