Radiohead Manager, Nettwerk Launch New Label: Artists Get To Kee...

Courtesy Techdirt  Tue, 07/07/2009 - 13:49

We've pointed out how incredibly ridiculous the old structure of the recording industry was, where artists would hand over pretty much all of their rights to the label.

It's amazing that this sort of indentured servitude model has survived as long as it has. After all, if you look at other parallels -- such as venture capitalists and startups, the VCs don't end up totally owning startups to the same extent as labels.

Of course, this was really a...

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