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Just thought a moment and this may not be so good those collection agencies will just up the price to make up for the loss.
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So if a restaurant only plays creative commons music that gives permission for them to freely play the music, does this mean the restaurant no longer has to pay a third party anything?
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The third parties will still claim that they are owed a license, just in case the restaurant "accidentally" plays something from one of the big labels or one of their customers hums a few bars of...
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IIRC, venues are forced to pay BMI to allow artists to perform their own music. This will probably change that...
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Direct performance licensing has been happening for years, particularly in the broadcast industry, and this decision makes it easier. However, one point that people fail to consider when discussing...
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the fly in your ointment is that there is really no proof whatsoever that any of the money is going to the artists themselves in the first place. given the lack of credibility in their accounting...
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I can't share my clients' personal financial records with you, but I can assure you that they receive millions annually from the PROs. Since mechanical income has declined so much over the past decade,...
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The overall "pie" will ultimately shrink and there will be less money for composers and publishers to share if there is a big movement towards direct licensing. Good. The whole 'pie in the sky' model...
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The PROs do collect performance fees up front and then allocate them to individual works based on subsequent usage. So, I don't know what you mean by "entangling those of us down the line."
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Expect a very strong law about this to be passed through Congress very shortly...
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Perhaps you can negotiate higher fees and get paid more quickly by cutting direct deals for the use of your song, instead of registering it with a PRO (ASCAP, BMI or SESAC). However, if many parties...
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I think he was getting at (correct me if I'm wrong) the fact that the mentality of I created this "art" and am therefore entitled to revenues from it for the rest of my life is part of the problem and...
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Well, I guess if you don't believe in rewarding people on merit, I can see your point. But contingent compensation exists "in the real world" to reward people (and entities) on the merit of the work...
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I know nothing about printers trade unions in the UK, but I suppose if you object to collective bargaining overall, you might object to PROs as well, even if they are not "unions." Power of the many,...
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Power of the many, like power of the few, can be used wisely or abused. Therefore, collective bargaining is not all good or all bad - it depends on the specific situation. True, but my feeling is that...
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But contingent compensation exists "in the real world" to reward people (and entities) on the merit of the work they created. Rewarding on merit is one thing - but what we actually have is very far...
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"This way, creators like George Gershwin earn more than the throngs of sonwgriters whose music you have never listened to. That seems fair to me, or at least fairer than the alternatives." I do have to...
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Yes Please! We have needed competition for a long time. For too long their word has been law.
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"Just thought a moment and this may not be so good those collection agencies will just up the price to make up for the loss." If they up their prices it will cause people to choose other sources for...
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"The third parties will still claim that they are owed a license, just in case the restaurant "accidentally" plays something from one of the big labels or one of their customers hums a few bars of...
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Cedar - hello again and welcome back. I spent a couple nights driving home thinking about what you said. You are in the wrong industry at the wrong time in history. I personally hope you go kicking and...
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Thank you for your thoughts, Haphaestus. Do you work with IP or just consume it? If I wanted to be rich, I would not spend so much time fighting for artists in an industry that has fallen off a cliff,...
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"The overall "pie" will ultimately shrink and there will be less money for composers and publishers to share if there is a big movement towards direct licensing." If there is a big movement towards...
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