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These 3 artists have something in common

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:33 pm
by Tdarcos
These three artists are all related because of something about their music:

1. Paul Simon
2. Johnny Rivers
3. Neil Diamond

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 5:36 pm
by AArdvark
Their suck factor?


THE
JOKING
AARDVARK

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:20 am
by Tdarcos
AArdvark wrote:Their suck factor?


THE
JOKING
AARDVARK
Not bad, but no. A specific thing, or action, about their music.

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:41 am
by Tdarcos
It is something you would notice immediately if you saw a phonorecord or CD of one of their songs.

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:28 pm
by Jizaboz
Another clue?

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:38 am
by Tdarcos
Hint: These artists do something with their songs that is almost always exclusively done by record companies.

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 3:52 am
by AArdvark
Payola?

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:55 am
by Tdarcos
AArdvark wrote:Payola?
I was hoping someone would say something like this. What I was thinking was "screw themselves over on royalties."

Seriously now, while this was fun, it is not the correct answer.

Hint: It is not an illegal act* but instead is a legal act. And there is a double meaning in the previous sentence.


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* Technically, paying payola to radio stations or disk jockeys to get them to play a song is not illegal. It is only illegal if it is not disclosed (47 U.S. Code Sec. 317) before the song is broadcast.

Re: These 3 artists have something in common

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:17 pm
by Tdarcos
The answer is that
1. Paul Simon
2. Johnny Rivers
3. Neil Diamond
are the named copyright owner of their sound recordings. In almost every case a record label is listed as the copyright owner of a song they release.

Re: These 3 artists have something in common

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:53 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
Oh boy. All right. Erm. Ouch.