http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 12 May 2003 14:04:14 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/05/09/120531.php#comment-9370 For the longest time the standard recording contract (read: the one an artist ended up signing unless he/she/they had a good manager and/or competent legal representation) applied to all future media formats in addition to whatever media was used at the time. For example, many artists got burned when advent of the CD ushered in an era of reissuing old records. Those with bad contracts were stuck with antiquated royalty rates that may have been agreed to back to the 1950s or 1960s even as the CD reissues were selling for $13.98 a pop. My guess is that bands like Radiohead that have yanked their songs off iTunes have the contractual right to do so and their record companies are frantically negotiating royalty rates for this new medium. 9370@blogcritics.org Mon, 12 May 2003 14:04:14 EDT