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The “Article 27” Music Project
Beginning in 2019, author and humanitarian, Corinne D. Sullivan, worked with Woodstock-era, songwriting legend, Melanie (1947-2024), to document more than one thousand instances of theft of Melanie’s musical recordings from Melanie’s own music companies, such as Neighborhood Records. In the process of doing this, Sullivan learned how deeply entrenched copyright abuse is inside today’s music.
To facilitate working with Melanie, Sullivan launched Article 27 Music LLC, also known as the “Article 27” Music Project.
This experience inspired Sullivan’s 2023 book, “Twenty-Seven: Human Rights In The Music Industry,” which evolved into the current title, “Twenty-Seven: The Human Right The Music Industry Forgot.” After Melanie’s unexpected death in 2024, Sullivan created the National Sounds biannual music journal.
Pictured here is a still shot from one of many interviews Corinne gave Melanie concerning theft of all of Melanie’s recordings, plus all her earnings.
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The 27th Human Right
Article 27 of the United Nations’ 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.