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# SoundExchange, Major Artists Launch ‘Project 72’ To Fight For Digital Royalties On Legacy Recordings
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/soundexchange-major-artists-launch-project-72-to-save-royalties-for-legacy-artists/
- Published: 2014-05-29T10:24:37.000Z
- Updated: 2014-05-29T10:24:37.000Z
- Description: SoundExchange today joined with 70+ major recording artists to launch Project72, a campaign to ensure digital radio payments for musicians and rights holders who recorded prior to 1972. Project72 is designed to. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/soundexchange-major-artists-la
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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[](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com)[SoundExchange](http://www.soundexchange.com/?ref=hypebot.com) today joined with 70+ major recording artists to launch [Project72](http://sndx.co/hypebotxjunetojuly2014x160x400xproject72?ref=hypebot.com), a campaign to ensure digital radio payments for musicians and rights holders who recorded prior to 1972\. Project72 is designed to support today’s introduction of The RESPECT Act by U.S. Representatives George Holding (R-NC) and John Conyers (D-MI). The bill would require equal payments for pre-1972 recordings.

Pandora, SiriusXM and other major net radio services do not pay royalties to musicians who recorded music before February 15, 1972 because of a loophole in U.S. copyright law. SoundExchange estimates that this practice deprived legacy artists and record labels of more than $60 million in digital royalties last year alone.

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[Project72](http://sndx.co/hypebotxjunetojuly2014x160x400xproject72?ref=hypebot.com) kicks off with an open letter, signed by more than 70 artists, calling on digital radio to treat all sound recordings equally and to “pay for all the music they play." Artists urging these services to “do right by legacy artists” include many directly affected by the practice: The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Roseanne Cash, Melissa Etheridge, Al Green, B.B. King, The Moody Blues, Cyndi Lauper and Martha Reeves.

“This music is our legacy. Under the current system, it feels like they are taking it away from us,” said Richie Furay, founding member of both [Buffalo Springfield](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%5FSpringfield?ref=hypebot.com) and Poco.

Learn more and contract your Congressman at [Project-72.org.](http://sndx.co/hypebotxjunetojuly2014x160x400xproject72?ref=hypebot.com)

**Full List Of The Artists Endorsing Project72**

The Allman Brothers Band  
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, of Steely Dan  
The Beatles  
Gerry Beckley, of America  
Dickey Betts  
Bilal  
Blondfire  
Blue Oyster Cult  
Jonatha Brooke  
Dewey Bunnell, of America  
Richard Carpenter  
Rosanne Cash  
Gene Chandler  
Cy Coleman (Estate)  
Rita Coolidge  
Chick Corea  
Randy Crawford  
Steve Cropper  
The Crusaders  
Raheem DeVaughn  
Vikter Duplaix  
Melissa Etheridge  
Duke Fakir, of the Four Tops  
Mark Farner, of Grand Funk Railroad  
Jimmy Fox, of The James Gang  
Richie Furay, of Buffalo Springfield and POCO  
Johnny Gill  
Genevive Goings  
Al Green  
Donnie Hathaway (Estate)  
Lalah Hathaway  
Jimi Hendrix (Estate)  
Engelbert Humperdinck  
Danny Hutton, of Three Dog Night  
Jimmy Jam  
Tommy James  
Al Jardine, of The Beach Boys  
The Jazz Crusaders  
Gene Kelly (Estate)  
B.B. King  
Talib Kweli  
Cyndi Lauper  
John Lennon (Estate)  
Ted Leo  
Terry Lewis  
John Lodge, of The Moody Blues  
Kenny Loggins  
Aimee Mann  
Roger McGuinn, of The Byrds  
Sergio Mendes  
Chris Montez  
Sam Moore  
My Morning Jacket  
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  
Ann-Margret Olsson  
Yoko Ono  
Tony Orlando  
Jeffrey Osborne  
Preservation Hall Jazz Band  
Otis Redding (Estate)  
Martha Reeves  
Johnny Rivers  
Claudette Robinson, of The Miracles  
Royal Tailor  
Joe Sample  
David Sanborn  
Miike Snow  
Cat Stevens  
Third Day  
Suzanne Vega  
Cory Wells, of Three Dog Night  
Whodini  
Otis Williams, of The Temptations  
Brian Wilson, of The Beach Boys  
Mary Wilson, of The Supremes  
Bobby Womack  
Maimouna Youseff

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