The New Men in Town - FAC is announced in Manchester
What do The Kaiser Chiefs, Billy Bragg, Craig David, Iron Maiden, Robbie Williams, The Verve, David Gilmour and Radiohead all have in common? No, they are not collabotrating for this years Christmas number one! The have teamed together as part of the Featured Artist’s Coalition, or AFC for short.
The FAC was launched in Manchester over the weekend with the hope that it will help give artists more control with their material and obviously, more cash.
It will have its own independant chairman with 6 artists, 3 managers and representatives all from the Musicians Union and Equity and will have a “use it or lose it” movement on copyright which basically means if the record label doesn’t release the song, then it can’t hold it back from the artists.
They are also going to push that transfers of copyright will be by license as opposed to assignment. This, for the likes of you and me who don’t understand gibberish, means that artists will keep the ownership of their copyright.
If you want more information on the FAC, visit the official website.