Behind the music: Do record labels have a duty of care?

Amy Winehouse's tragic death has opened up an old music industry debate: how much responsibility should labels and managers accept for keeping artists on the straight and narrow?It didn't take long for recriminations to start flying, after the sad news of Amy Winehouse's death. There were tweets asking why the label had let her go on tour so soon after getting out of rehab (though, of course, a label can't stop an artist from touring) and, according to the Independent, her label, Island Records,...

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