[Fmpro] ASCAP and downloads

[robertf-lists@theremin-saw.com]

Quoting Les Hurdle <leshurdle101 at sbcglobal.net>:

> hate to be a wet blanket, but as far as I know there are no performing
> rights for downloads !
>

ASCAP is, at least in some cases, collecting monies for them, but I don't know
if or how they distribute them.  ASCAP has 2 types of internet licenses for
people who offer soundfiles for downloads on their websites.  One is 
for people
who only offer sound samples as a "non-interactive" site; the other is for
sites that offer full downloads for "distribution", "pay for play", etc. I
suppose, and is called an "interactive site."  Here's the page with the
details, as well as the license applications that calculate a website's annual
fee.  The ASCAP page refers to these two licenses as "experimental" so I guess
that must mean some kind of trial phase?

http://www.ascap.com/weblicense/

Exactly what ASCAP does with the money it collects from those internet 
licenses,
I have no idea.  ASCAP may not either :)

Regards,

Robert Froehner