Christopher Sabec gives a presentation on musician, Lindy Morrison, and her powerful speech at the Ted Albert awards.

1. Christopher Sabec

2. Lindy Morrison recently received theTed Albert
award at the APRA Music Awards in Brisbane for her
contribution to the music industry.

3. She was deeply honored that her
work had been recognized,
including her work as an advocate
musicians’ rights. Morrison has
worked for many years to ensure
that music creators’ rights have
been safeguarded and that they
receive compensation when their
work is used by others.

4. Lindy Morrison states that people want to know all the
time “what it takes” to work in the industry. She replies
by discussing the length of time is takes to build the
skills it takes to create and record songs, the discipline
in takes in rehearsals and lastly the management skills
in order to keep bands on the road and the constant
support and tenacity the bandmates will need
throughout the years to keep making music.

5. She urges her protégés to
make sure they are paid,
know what their rights are,
knowing how their payments
are collected and passed back
to them and lastly how to
know when their work has
been taken without their
permission.

6. Morrison explains that she
does not hate the internet, in
fact she loves it when people
discover her band, the Go-
Betweens on the net but that
instead of illegally
downloading artists music,
discovering their music
through licensed websites
that give back to the artists.

7. There is very little a musician can do in order to
stop someone from illegally downloading their
music.The scamming websites, like “The Pirate
Bay” make a lot of money through advertising
and don’t give any of it back to the artists.

8. It is time that people start
drawing their focus on how
copyright laws can improve
and help artists in the future.
Morrison believes that more
people should support
musician’s rights because she
wants to see people’s rights
being protected in “practical
and meaningful ways.”