live in separate universes, but last week it was announced that they and over 60 other stars of the pop firmament have come together to form the Featured Artists' Coalition. This new organisation, which was inaugurated at the In The City music conference in Manchester last Sunday, has been set up to deal with the new financial realities brought about by the digital technology that has revolutionised the music industry and the way it does business. In their eyes, their label bosses have been shortchanging them in the deals they've struck up with the internet content providers like Nokia's Comes With Music, In short, they want a bigger piece of the pie. The concept of Robbie Williams, Dave Gilmour et al picketing the offices of EMI with banners exclaiming the rights of the poor working man may sound about as likely as George W...
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