http://www.featuredartistscoalition.com/index.html
As it was announced this week the Featured Artist Coalition (FAC – by the way not the best acronym) will fight for the rigths of the musicians and bands who are currently excluded when the industry is negotiating with Nokia, Napster etc and their new flaterates which dumping the musicians work.
On the one hand the label do not have a real big chance to win back to lost field customers’ trust which is more a desert now, but on the other hand flaterates and 360degree deals are also no solution.
So here comes the next player in the game. A big group of famous muscicians who want to be part of the next negotiations. Well known names such as R. Williams, Radiohead, Richard Ashcroft or Iron Maiden are member of this coalition. It is like the who is who of the british pop& rock scene. The market in Britian is already highly competitive and more open than the German one. So also every part of the pie now starts claiming their rights. Other countries could see this as a test market where the industry is leading to in the future.