[Fmpro] AFM Union Threatens $50k Fines Against Composers and other AFM Members for Seattle Recording

[Louis King]

and of course the AFM is an EXTREMELY WEAK UNION  >..........  they  
can't really do much here... it's way too easy to not do union work  
out of the country

they may stop seattle but they'll just go elsewhere

the AFM should have merged with SAG a long time ago when SAG was a  
much stronger union  ( they too have the same problem now but not on  
the same scale )

those performances need to be tracked also and if they just had ONE  
database to look at it would be much simpler and you might be able to  
make arguements that it doesn't cost anymore money to track than they  
are already doing for actors  but that will never happen now ....





On Aug 17, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Les Hurdle wrote:

>
> On Aug 17, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Louis King wrote:
>
>>  it's not the composer or the players it's
>> the people writing the check for the whole project
>>
>> they don't want to have to track the project's usage after it's been
>> made ......... the cost of a union orchestra is rarely the issue it's
>> simply the cost of having to know what music has been used
>> where ..... did we dub it onto another medium or film trailer of a
>> different vers of the same ad etc etc etc and they can't be bothered
>> tracking that stuff
>
> Good stuff Louis........... yes it is the exact same scenario as
> publishers not wanting to provide composers with mechanical rights.
> Very few want to have to account and pay.
>
> This really should be a red flag for everyone.............. as you say
> '..the people writing the checks'........ they know how product  
> will be
> delivered in the not too distant future and it will be very easy for
> them to dismiss any 'rights' claims........ my oh my, haven't our reps
> done well :-(
>
> I'll ask the MU in the UK what their position is given the EU and all
> that [b/s].
>
> WAKE UP...........  the coffee in Bucharest is bitter !
>
> Les
>
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