I have been aware for a number of years that there has been a legal battle between Gail Zappa, head of the ‘Zappa Family Trust’, and the so called ‘tribute’ bands that are determined to continue performing his music live. As some of you may know, there are numerous Frank Zappa tribute bands on the [...]
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An Autocratic Approach to Music Copyright?:A Frank Zappa case study
Posted in Frank Zappa, tagged ascap, bmi, bogus pomp, composer, copyright, cover bands, don preston, dweezel zappa, Frank Zappa, gail zappa, guitar, jimmy carl black, joes garage, mcps, muffin men, napoleon murphy brock, paul carr, petition, project object, prs, roy estrada, stravinsky, the grandmothers of invention, the muffin men, the zappatistas, translation, ugly radio rebellion, verese, wipe out, zappa family trust, zappa plays zappa, zappanale on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
