Post Script On Edwyn Collins: Power Of The Press Gets His Music ...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 15:15

A few weeks back, we were one of the first publications to highlight how singer Edwyn Collins was unable to put his own hit song on MySpace for free download (as he wanted to do) because Warner Music claimed copyright over it -- even though it had no such copyright.

Despite quite an effort by Collins' manager/wife, Grace Maxwell, nothing was changing. However, the story started to spread, including making it into some major media properties, such as the...


 

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