The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88632   Message #1666309
Posted By: Windsinger
10-Feb-06 - 03:31 PM
Thread Name: That Green Linnet Kerfuffle
Subject: RE: That Green Linnet Kerfuffle
Yeah...I don't know if Green Linnet ever released any sort of official statement for their side. Ever.

When I was told to boycott them, I kinda told the would-be activist--who had made their case kind of rudely anyway--to get stuffed. *NOT* because I don't support artists being fairly compensated for their material (hello, also a starving Celtic musician over here!) but because I don't make any decision like that without careful fact-checking. If for no other reason than that a boycot might hurt the very people whose cause is being championed.

I will say I WAS very disappointed at the prospect of a label who'd done so much to spearhead the cause for Celtic music in the states (They're one of the main sponsors for the Thistle and Shamrock, for crying out loud!) turning to the Dark Side. :P

Sigh...