Musicians Wondering Why They're Not Seeing A Cut Of RIAA Settlem...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 02/28/2008 - 15:55

The RIAA and its associated organizations certainly have a rather long history of not sharing the windfall from various lawsuits and settlements with the artists the RIAA likes to claim it represents -- and now those musicians are getting angry. Torrent Freak points us to the news that various managers and lawyers representing some big name musicians are discussing filing a lawsuit against the record labels for keeping all of that money .

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