1.0 link 155630 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-price/from-mtv-to-youtube-when_b_155630.html In 1996, taped to the wall of my now defunct record label spinART Records' 800 square-foot, four-Ikea-desk-loaded-with-unsold-CD-and-vinyl office was a $1 check from MTV. I fought hard for that stupid check. MTV wanted to use a song called "Supermerica" by a band called Poole that I released. Usually TV shows pay good money for the use of a song, but not MTV — they required labels to allow them to use the music for free in their TV shows when...

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