[Fmpro] Turning Down Work

[Les Hurdle]

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On Aug 7, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Fernando Rivas wrote:

>  In this scenario it is
> the parasite who thrives, not the host.
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> Better than I could have said it.
However, my concern is not so much the effects of rights removal today,  
it is tomorrow.

I can find no one in a position of authority who is willing to state  
what composers rights [and performers rights] are to be on downloads.
No one is even prepared to suggest how product will be  
tracked.......... remember all the hoo haa about watermarking 10 years  
ago?
Little wonder the suits didn't want it !!

It would appear downloads now come in 2 flavors.
'Pure' music and audio visual.

In the performers world, once the audio is attached to the visual the  
suits agreed the performers right no longer exists since product A, the  
audio performers right, was not the same as product B the audio  
combines with visual !
But somebody pays somebody !

Who knows what will happen in the composer world regarding these  
issues, the possibility does remain, anyone who gave up mech rights  
[sync - blanket licenses etc] may well be in for a pile of hurt in the  
not too distant future....... sad to say.

If anyone knows what is to happen [PRO staff] let's have it please.

L


>
>>
>> It's very exasperating to have pleaded with composers not to give up
>> their rights over the past 4 decades, watch as composers give up those
>> hard fought for rights, then bleat when they come unstuck.
>>
>> When someone lets a right slide away, it effect us ALL.
>
> Well put. No one defines the market better than those who are selling  
> their
> services.  When those who provide the service choose to sell cheap or  
> give
> away their work the whole market is devalued.  What is curious in this
> situation is that young writers and sometimes experienced writers feel  
> that
> if they put their work out there others will notice, that a shot at
> something, even when it is not properly remunerated, will get them  
> noticed,
> will get them more work.  It is a lot like what film or stage actors go
> through. The result is a large labor pool which is eager to work for  
> next to
> nothing and a small group of successful professionals getting most of  
> the
> truly 'high end' work.  It is a real Darwinist scenario fully  
> exploited by
> those who have no talent themselves but who can exploit the fruits of  
> the
> talent of others for their own financial success.  In this scenario it  
> is
> the parasite who thrives, not the host.
>
>
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