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Topic History of: Would be interesting to know your thoughts on this JK??
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DJones |
When the industry become more about money than entertaining
That must have been about 100 to 120 years ago ... |
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Dominic Dee |
It can get quite complicated and ridiculous. We've already seen some problems with ITV being unable to release any Heartbeat episodes on DVD due to demands from people who's music is featured in the soundtrack (or rather from those that represent them). They need to all come to some pre-release agreement for a one off fee for any music that is incidental, otherwise we may soon only hear specially written music featured in sountracks, thus reducing the income and publicity for regular artists. Some people in the industry have got too greedy. I think that one off payment plus an acknowledgement of the featured writers and artists is the better way forward. If I hear a good song in a movie or TV series I often go and buy it, so the money is made that way. When the industry become more about money than entertaining the public then it is losing it's way and may crumble altogether.
Artists who distribute through Tunecore do get fees for online digi store streaming. |
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DJones |
The Music Week article makes little/no sense because the writer left out the most important fact.
The quote about sync rights / mechanicals is about the second demand of the music publishers: to get money for music used in films & TV shows when itunes (or other online retailers) sell copies of these films & TV shows.
"Songwriters, composers, and music publishers are making preparations to one day collect performance fees from Apple and other e-tailers for not just traditional music downloads but for downloads of films and TV shows as well. Those downloads contain music after all."
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0...4908,62057868,00.htm |
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Susan's Boil..... |
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1038698&c=1
US publishing associations including ASCAP and BMI are looking to collect performance fees for their members from the use of 30-second audio samples on download stores like iTunes, Amazon MP3 and eMusic.
The publishers are arguing that this is necessary to compensate songwriters who they feel are not adequately compensated for the use of their music online. They see these 30-second clips as “public performance” and want royalties paid accordingly.
This is part of a wider move by publishers to get more favourable rates for the use of music on digital and broadcast services.
The publishers are taking their case to US Congress to try to push through wide-ranging legislation that will compensate songwriters for the use of samples download stores.
Speaking to CNet, the head of the Digital Media Association Jonathan Potter criticised this move by the publishers.
He said, “Songwriters are getting paid. They're paid sync rights and (mechanical) rights. They aren't getting paid for the public performance in a download because there is no public performance in a download […] They are picking on Apple because they say Apple is making a bundle of money. But these companies should be thrilled that Apple and the other services are selling music and generating millions, maybe tens of millions, in royalties." |
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