Please sign my petition:

http://www.bit.ly/samanthamurphy

SoundExchange is a non-profit performance rights organization that collects statutory royalties from satellite radio (such as SIRIUS XM), internet radio, cable TV music channels and similar platforms for streaming sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board, which is appointed by The U.S. Library of Congress, has entrusted... [read more]

Please sign my petition:

http://www.bit.ly/samanthamurphy

SoundExchange is a non-profit performance rights organization that collects statutory royalties from satellite radio (such as SIRIUS XM), internet radio, cable TV music channels and similar platforms for streaming sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board, which is appointed by The U.S. Library of Congress, has entrusted SoundExchange as the sole entity in the United States to collect and distribute these digital performance royalties on behalf of featured recording artists, master rights owners (like record labels), and independent artists who record and own their masters.

SoundExchange has been given the right to collect money on behalf of ALL artists, whether you've chosen to register with them or not. They are sitting on a ton of money. OUR money. They claim they either don't know who to pay or how to pay them. They claim they can't find artists like Peter Paul & Mary. They collect $200 million a year and actually distribute only less than half of it.

We're tired of the lies and we're ready for nothing less than a transparent organization that's simple and clear. For too long, artists have relied on others to make sure we are paid the money we need to live. But now we are living in a new age. It's time for artists to take control of our careers, our finances and our lives. We need a transparent organization controlled by us, not by major record labels who have never had our best interest in mind.

If I become president of SoundExchange, here is my commitment to you. I promise to create a transparent organization, where we're open and honest about what we're doing with your money. I promise we will spare no effort in locating every musician that we're obligated to pay. And I promise that I will make SoundExchange finally work, so that musicians like you and me get what we are owed in a timely fashion.

If you agree that SoundExchange needs to start working for artists like us, please sign my petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/electsamanthamurphytosoundexchange/.

I look forward to your support!