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Michael	DJones wrote: I see the rate has been maintained at 9.1%. No, not % (per cent). In the US, the mechanial rate is a fixed amount: 9,1 CENTS per song (CDs, downloads) Yesterday the Copyright Royalty Board established a new mechanical rate for Ringtones: 24 CENTS per Ringtone. In Europe, mechanials are calculated as a percentage of price (around 10%). The split is usually 50/50 between publishers & writers. Duh, I see I also talk about "men songwriters". So much for my pyting skllis!
Mart	Question. Does E Music run from the Napster engine or ITunes? I have noted that the music we put out is always on those two sites (Napster and E Music) a lot earlier than the others. It is also of note that an album which we deleted, was correctly removed from I Tunes, as we wished, but is still available on other download sites, no worries, we do get paid for it, but it is going to interfere with a forthcoming release in which some of the tracks will be re-packaged. The album that we "deleted" was quite literally an experimental download release and I don`t want many of the tracks heard any more than I want the awful sleeve viewed.
DJones	I see the rate has been maintained at 9.1%. No, not % (per cent). In the US, the mechanial rate is a fixed amount: 9,1 CENTS per song (CDs, downloads) Yesterday the Copyright Royalty Board established a new mechanical rate for Ringtones: 24 CENTS per Ringtone. In Europe, mechanials are calculated as a percentage of price (around 10%). The split is usually 50/50 between publishers & writers.
Michael	I see the rate has been maintained at 9.1%. Does this men songwriters get 4.59% (50% if the split is 50/50 with publishers)? Also, is this just for the US? What is the rate for Europe?
DJones	The Copyright Royalty Board has left the mechanical rate for downloads unchanged: It will be 9,1 cent for the next five years. For ringtones the rate will be increased to 24 cent. In my previous post I got the numbers mixed up: The DiMa-Companies (including Apple) wanted a lower fixed rate (4,8 cents) or a rate based on revenue (6 % of "applicable" revenue).