Green Linnet lawsuit?

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:10 am

A couple of years ago, a group of artists (including Joanie Madden) sued Green Linnet over lack of royalty payments
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?p=154941#154941

The last I heard, Joanie and a few other artists ended up in binding arbitration due to contract clauses, but that others stayed on with a lawsuit.

Anyone ever know what the ultimate outcome was? Was there one?

I was going to buy some CDs today, and remembered the lawsuit. I really would prefer to go through alternate channels (like buying CDs from Lunasa's website) if Green Linnet has not been held accountable and made amends.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:30 am

I just did a search on Google and our periodical/newspaper databases and there is nothing after 2003 mentioned about the Green Linnet Five and the lawsuit.

MarkB

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:20 pm

You might email Joanie (through the CTL website) and ask for an update. She's been very forthcoming with information about the lawsuit.

Susan

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:49 pm

Good idea

I just thought it'd be quicker to get an answer here if someone knew..

pixyy · Post by **pixyy** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:47 am

I had been wondering about that too, but couldn't find anything other than "circumstantial evidence".
Lunasa did celebrate their liberation from their GL contract (as per their website).
Also Niamh Parsons (one of my favourite singers) has recorded a new album. On her website she writes that it is the last of a 5 album deal with GL. I don't suppose she would write that if she was keen to renew.

If appropriate, please share your findings Greg.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:58 am

Will do...I haven't heard back from the CTLadies email address...but I'm sure they're quite busy people

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:07 pm

In the meantime, OssianUSA is run by good folks (Charlie and Mary Lou), and they have about everything one could want in CDs, DVDs, etc.

http://www.ossianusa.com/

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:47 pm

And if they don't have it, they can usually get it.

djm

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:18 am

Just got word from Joanie Madden this morning They have not settled with Green Linnet as of yet. So I'll be doing my holiday shopping elsewhere.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:44 am

By the way, you can enter an artist or CD here, and find out which company released it: http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/

I'm personally staying away from anything that says "green linnet" on it.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:48 am

Thanks Wanderer for the update, I to will follow the same action in the future.

MarkB

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:27 am

I won't. Green Linnet has too much good stuff on it to ignore. The artists will win or lose their case based on its merits.

djm

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:05 am

From the site provided by Wanderer:

Why is it important to know if an album was released by an RIAA member or not?

That's possibly a fairly long answer, but just the highlights of the RIAA's practices involve price-fixing, blaming its poor financial state on unfounded digital piracy claims (and in turn, blaming and suing its own consumers), lobbying for changes that hinder technological innovation and change copyright laws, underpaying the artists it represents, invading personal privacy to enforce copyrights, and dismantling entire computer networks just because of their ability (of their users) to share copyrighted files. (Feel free to visit the RIAA and Boycott-RIAA.com to learn more!)

In order to successfully and efficiently support who you like (or not support who you don't like), you need to have information immediately available to know who is who. The RIAA Radar works in two ways: if you're looking to stop buying RIAA releases, it will help tell you what albums to avoid (or purchase secondhand); if you are looking for new music or new alternatives, it works to promote non-RIAA releases by providing similar RIAA-free albums to almost any RIAA release, and RIAA-free popularity charts for several genres in order to showcase viable alternatives.

TomB · Post by **TomB** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:17 pm

djm wrote:I won't. Green Linnet has too much good stuff on it to ignore. The artists will win or lose their case based on its merits.

djm

....but I suspect that even if they win, they will not get what they are due.

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:27 pm

Maybe, maybe not. I am more interested in older recordings, than newer "celtic" groups anyway, and for that stuff I wouldn't cut myself off if Green Linnet had stuff I wanted, e.g. Seamus Ennis' 40 Years of Piping.

djm