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The Day the Music Stopped
99% Invisible
How to End the Recording Ban
After six months, James C. Patrilo offered a proposal for how to end the recording ban. In February 1943, he told the record labels that they would have to pay a royalty directly to the union for each record sold. That money would go into a trust fund for unemployed musicians. Decca was the smallest of the three companies and by September 1943, its stockpile of recordings was nearly depleted.
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