[Fmpro] Cue sheets

[Les Hurdle]

Just to belabour my points to Chris and further my pessimism of the 
entire process.

While it has been noted some broadcasters 'follow the rules' I wonder 
how many of you good fellow composers out there who do send in your cue 
sheets know whether they are used or not?

My ELR research indicated no matter what the production company etc 
sent to ASCAP, the cue sheet they invariable used to pay out was the 
one submitted by the Network broadcaster.

MAYBE in many instances it agrees with the one submitted by the 
composer etc, but what happens in syndication where movies are 
shortened etc.......... what cue sheet rules then?
How do you know?
Do composers get paid for music which is not aired, or perhaps 
shortened?
What happens when the Digital Time Machine   
http://www.primeimage.timedelay.co.uk/primeimage/DTM_Spec.htm   chews 
out 2 mins of the 'product' and 2 mins of commercials are slotted in.. 
how does 'your' cue sheet work then?
What happens when these same cue sheets are sent overseas where in some 
countries there are no commercial slots etc and tv shows have different 
timings, even commercial tv in the EU etc has different timings to the 
USA..... more to the point, how come you don't get paid part of the 
SYNC fee when a show is sold overseas and is transferred from one 
system/one language to another........  there are $$'s involved ;-)

Product placement is going to be a huge part of programming in the 
future as 'the normal commercial' wanes in popularity.............. how 
many of you are claiming DOUBLE pay when your cue is used to do twice 
the work, support the scene and the product?
Don't kiss this off with artistic 'assistance' it is the $bottom line$ 
of composers which will suffer if product placement doesn't garner 
extra $$'s.

Les