****SOUL-PATROL.COM UPDATE:**** Read about GREAT Black Music From the Ancient to the Future http://www.soul-patrol.com http://www.soul-patrol.com/rnrhof/rrhof2002.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/jessiestone.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/hayes.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/billypaul.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/doowop.html ****SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO BROADCAST #7:**** LISTEN to GREAT Black Music From the Ancient to the Future http://www.soul-patrol.net/ http://www.soul-patrol.net/groovedoctors.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/horton.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/hayes1.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/man_pl.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/mrc1.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/cti1.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/soulg.ram ****OPEN LETTER FROM SOUL MUSIC LEGEND SAM MOORE TO ALL AFTRA ROYALTY RECORDING ARTISTS:**** http://www.soul-patrol.com IN HOPE OF STOPPING A DISASTROUS CLASS WIDE SETTLEMENT OF A PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS RIGHTS CASE, SAM MOORE, THE GRAMMY WINNING ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME LEGEND, HAS FILED OBJECTIONS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER NAMED PLAINTIFFS, TO BLOCK SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE IN WHICH HE IS THE LEAD PLAINTIFF. MOORE SAYS,"I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE MY LEGACY IN THIS BUSINESS BE THAT OF A BENEDICT ARNOLD!" THE CASE, (WHICH ONLY NAMES 15 INDIVIDUAL RECORDING ARTISTS AS PLAINTIFFS), MOORE ET AL VS THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS ET AL. (AFTRA), IF ALLOWED TO SETTLE AS A CLASS ACTION, WILL AFFECT THE PENSION AND HEALTH RIGHTS OF ALL RECORDING ARTISTS WHO RECORDED UNDER AFTRA'S COLLECTIVE BARGANING AGREEMENT WITH THE RECORD INDUSTRY PRIOR TO 1994, FROM ALL GENRES INCLUDING ROCK, POP, RHYTHM & BLUES, SOUL, RAP, COUNTRY, GOSPEL, STAND UP COMEDY, POETRY, SPOKEN WORD AND SERMONS, EVERY RECORDING ARTIST, FROM SPRINGSTEEN, ARETHA AND GEORGE JONES TO BILL COSBY, JERRY SEINFIELD, EDDIE ARNOLD AND MAYA ANGELOU. OTHER NAMED PLAINTIFFS, BRIAN HYLAND, BRENTON WOOD, THE CHILDREN OF THE LATE MARY WELLS AND THE CHILDREN OF THE LATE DAVE PRATER JR. ARE ALSO OBJECTING TO THE SETTLEMENT BECAUSE THEY TOO FEEL IT IS NOWHERE NEAR THE REMEDY NEEDED IN THE CASE AND THEREFORE PRESENTS AN EASY WAY OUT FOR THE AFTRA FUNDS AND THEIR TRUSTEES, WHO, FOR DECADES, HAVE FAILED TO ADEQUATELY AND PROPERLY PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF ALL VOCAL RECORDING ARTISTS UNDER THE CONTRACT. ALLOWING THIS CASE TO SETTLE NOW ON THE PROPOSED TERMS WOULD RELEASE THE AFTRA PENSION FUNDS FROM LIABILITY FOR NUMEROUS BREACHS OF FIDUCIARY DUTY OVER PENSION AND HEALTH BENEFITS, IN RETURN FOR NOMINAL PAYMENTS, ESTIMATED TO AVERAGE LESS THAN $500.00 APIECE, TO QUALIFIED CLASS MEMBERS. THE CASE ALLEGES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ACTUAL DAMAGES AND SHORTAGES IN BENEFITS DENIED TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS OVER MORE THAN 40 YEARS. THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A PAYMENT OF $100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) TO EACH OF THE 15 NAMED PLAINTIFFS WHO AGREE TO APPROVE THE PLAN THAT WOULD BIND ALL RECORDING ARTISTS AND SEVERELY LIMIT ALL ARTISTS' RIGHTS TO FORCE THE AFTRA FUNDS TO PAY ALL THE BENEFITS THEY HAVE EARNED. MR. MOORE AND OTHERS HAVE REJECTED THE PROPOSAL AND THE $100,000.00 BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO FORCE SUCH AN INADEQUATE RESOLUTION OF THE CASE ON THE ENTIRE ARTIST COMMUNITY. MOORE SAYS "I CANNOT PUT MY PERSONAL INTEREST BEFORE ALL OF THE ARTISTS AND FAMILIES THAT COULD BE SO DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED BY THE OUTCOME OF THE SETTLEMENT. " THERE WILL BE LESS THAN $5 MILLION TO BE DISBURSED THROUGH A COMPLEX FORMULA TO THE CLASS THAT COULD NUMBER AS MANY AS 20,000 QUALIFIED ARTISTS AND ESTATES. THIS MEANS THE AVERAGE ONE TIME ONLY PAYMENT WILL PROBABLY BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN $500.00 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS), IN RETURN FOR WHICH THE CLASS MEMBERS MUST GIVE UP ALL RIGHTS TO CHALLENGE THE HISTORICAL PROBLEMS THE AFTRA FUNDS HAVE HAD IN ADMINISTERING THEIR BENEFITS. "THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT, AND $500 ISN'T GOING TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER FOR ONE SINGLE ARTIST. ALL WE HAVE EVER WANTED IS FOR THEM TO FIX THE SYSTEM, AND THIS SETTLEMENT DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO MAKING THEM DO THAT. THIS IS JUST A BIG PAYDAY FOR THE LAWYERS AND THOSE PLAINTIFFS WHO DON'T CARE." IF THIS AFFECTS YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, SEND AN EMAIL TO THIS ADDRESS AFTRACLASSACTION@aol.com. Be sure to pass the word to your friends on the internet who are fans of our GREAT MUSIC/CULTURE!!! ****SOUL-PATROL.COM UPDATE:**** Read about GREAT Black Music From the Ancient to the Future http://www.soul-patrol.com http://www.soul-patrol.com/rnrhof/rrhof2002.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/jessiestone.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/hayes.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/billypaul.htm http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/doowop.html ****SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO BROADCAST #7:**** LISTEN to GREAT Black Music From the Ancient to the Future http://www.soul-patrol.net/ http://www.soul-patrol.net/groovedoctors.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/horton.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/hayes1.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/man_pl.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/mrc1.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/cti1.ram http://www.soul-patrol.net/soulg.ram ------------------------------------------------------ Bob Davis ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.soul-patrol.com/ - Click Here For SOUL-PATROL.COM http://www.soul-patrol.com/ - Click Here For SOUL-PATROL.NET INTERNET RADIO |
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