Those of you in the US - join ASCAP etc and reform from the inside unless you have the funds to litigate the existing consent decrees. Google Les Hurdle, he has been fighting them for decades. Until you singer songwriters get businesslike, the ripoffs will continue.

Where were you, holy Joe, when we were trying to reform the MU and get the great 60s performers their money out of the MU that the MU was given by PRS?

WLD - next time you sign with a music publisher, get a lawyer, or would that offend your "prolier than thou" sensibilities?

Oh, yeah, and campaign for a reform of UK bankruptcy law that companies that liquidate cannot sell copyrights and performers rights free of their royalty obligations, and the similar for US chapter 11.

If it's a business, get businesslike. If it's a calling, pray. If it's a hobby, lie back and enjoy it.