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As media technology has evolved, some artists have done better than others in securing rights and payments for work distributed on multiple platforms.

A case study of how an entertainment company took advantage of a rapper.

Many great singers and players work in the shadows because they are "work for hire."

What do the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys and Neil Young have in common? In 2013 they all released vast catalogs of old recordings previously only available on "bootlegs."

Death is the continuation of the established star system.

Many rock bands live on for years on the oldies circuit as founders leave and replacements are hired.

It is said that nothing is certain but death and taxes. This saying applies with a vengeance in rock and roll.

In the 1970s, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were not deported from the US because of "prosecutorial discretion."

Michael Jackson keeps making money after his death.

Police in the U.S. have begun using rap language as confessions rather than the bragging it likely is.